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Old 07-11-2008, 04:39 AM   #9 (permalink)
Tully Mars
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Honestly it likely won't matter. As long as the element has power running through it it will light up. Try it on a bench vise. You can switch them around touching the white wire to the side and black to the bottom and it will light up without any noticeable difference. But if I remember correctly the bottom should be hot, ie black.

All that said I agree with everyone else, go buy a socket. Open elec. connections are a bad idea.

Edit:

Here's a diagram:



8- Neg.
11- Pos.

But like I said in a basic incandescent bulb it doesn't matter which way the power flows within the bulb itself. As long as 110 goes through that element (#3) it will light.
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