Color coding for typical 120 volt circuit

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Color Coding for Typical 120-Volt Circuit One-Twenty Volt Circuit – Color-coding

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black (hot) wire
silver screws
brass screws
ground wire
white (neutral) wire
green screw

Generated explanation

The illustration shows a sheathed cable with three conductors fanned out beside a duplex grounding receptacle. The black hot wire is positioned at the brass terminal screws, while the white neutral wire is positioned at the silver terminal screws. The bare ground wire is directed toward the green grounding screw. The diagram identifies the conductor colors and corresponding receptacle terminals for a typical 120-volt circuit.

Components

duplex grounding receptacle sheathed electrical cable hot conductor neutral conductor equipment grounding conductor brass terminal screws silver terminal screws green grounding screw

Materials

conductor insulation cable sheathing brass