On 11/27/20 10:41 PM, Robin McDaniel wrote:
I accidentally let the two screwed wire terminals in a socket fall out of the socket. I know that the gold one is for the hot wire and the silver is for neutral....but once they have fallen out of the socket, how do I know which slot they each properly go back into?


If this a standard screw-in light socket, the gold/hot goes to the
center contact, the silver/neutral goes to the screw shell.

See
https://www.familyhandyman.com/artic...g-electronics/