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    Jul 14, 2009, 07:25 AM
    Green wire in 110 receptacle?
    On a 5 run outlet, a middle one has black/white/ground and the other is black/white/green. I did not realize the wire was green(it was strip to look like a ground wire). I removed the receptacle and now finding out the green is the hot wire I do not know how to rewire. I think it was pigtailed to the ground. Does this sound correct and why?
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    Jul 14, 2009, 07:28 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by polite22 View Post
    On a 5 run outlet, a middle one has black/white/ground and the other is black/white/green. I did not realize the wire was green(it was strip to look like a ground wire). I removed the receptacle and now finding out the green is the hot wire I do not know how to rewire. I think it was pigtailed to the ground. Does this sound correct and why?
    Sorry, this is a 1970 built home in the U.S..
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    Jul 14, 2009, 07:29 AM

    Green, Bare, or Green/yellow is ground.
    You need a ground and neutral for each receptacle, anything lef over can be used as whatever. You can NOT eleminate the ground
    And use for a hot or switched leg.
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    Jul 14, 2009, 07:40 AM

    I'm going to take a stab at this for a second.

    There are ground "pigtails" available. Two varieties I'm familiar with; One has a funky integral wirenut and a spade lug and the other has a green ground screw and either a spade or stripped wire.

    These are useful because the metal box and the grounded outlet need to be grounded. When there were no third prongs, ground was just connected to the case. It's not suffiecient to depend on the outlet to case screw to provide the ground to the outlet because those screws can loosen.
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