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Jun 2, 2020
9:02:44pm

Fin Contributor

Identical situation happened to me last week.

I ended up just going to Ace to purchase and appliance power source. It clearly had the colors and it only cost $10.

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Fin

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Help! I'm installing a new dishwasher and the plug I got in the install kit has

DB Cooper

6/2/20 7:55pm

Black goes to gold, white goes to silver.

6/2/20 7:57pm

They seriously look identical. How bad is it if I mess this up?

DB Cooper

6/2/20 8:03pm

I believe the white (neutral) wire goes to the wider blade on the plug

Cheap Seats

6/2/20 8:10pm

Does one of the wires have ridges on it?

Broda

6/2/20 8:50pm

This. The portion with ridges goes to white. Smooth to black wire

fldnstrm

6/2/20 10:34pm

Identical situation happened to me last week.

Fin

6/2/20 9:02pm

I'm curious, what did you end up doing?

fldnstrm

6/4/20 11:59am

I went and bought a new plug.

DB Cooper

6/6/20 1:07am

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