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mahmoud945
Jun 3, 2012, 04:03 PM
In my bathroom I have plug that has both white and black hot wire. What is the problem?
smearcase
Jun 3, 2012, 04:10 PM
Can only guess with limited info and not sure what you are calling a "plug". If it is actually wires in a junction type box, it is possibly a black hot wire and a white switch leg (maybe with a section of black tape around the white wire to indicate that it also a hot wire).
ma0641
Jun 3, 2012, 05:26 PM
If you are measuring voltage, you will get 120 between black and white, between black and ground and 0 between white and ground. Is this what you are measuring?
tkrussell
Jun 4, 2012, 04:04 AM
Where are you located?
Have you measured the voltage? What is the voltage?
How are you determining the black and white is hot?