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Connect Wires to New Plug

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What happens here

Take the new replacement plug (either male or female, the process is similar) and remove its cover and the internal screws that hold the wiring terminals. Slide the plug's outer plastic cover onto the extension cord cable before connecting the wires. This step is crucial to ensure the cover can be reassembled later. Once the cover is on, take the prepared wires and connect them to the corresponding terminals: the green (ground) wire to the green screw, the white (neutral) wire to the silver screw, and the black (hot) wire to the gold or brass screw. Loop each wire around its respective screw and tighten the screw securely with a screwdriver.

Goal: Attach the prepared wires to the terminal screws of the new plug.

Tools and materials

  • Female Replacement Plug Harbor Freight — The plug to which the wires are being connected
  • Male Replacement Plug Harbor Freight — The plug to which the wires are being connected
  • Screwdriver — Removing and tightening screws on the plug

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down. Now on these ones right here, same concept, black to black, silver to white, green to ground. Go ahead and pull these screws out of here, loop them around and tighten them back down. Let's get after it. Now that you got your three wires, go ahead and grab your corresponding color. Put a pretty decent size loop in there, enough to wrap around your screw. Put your screw in there like so. So you'll have this. Go ahead and put your white on there like so. And repeat for the last two. All right. Now that we got our wires on, go ahead and slide this up. Go ahead and put

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