patrick conroy said:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:40:04 -0400, Greg G. wrote:

that there was a right way to wire zip cord in a lamp with a polarized
It does matter. ;-)

Yep! Problem is now I can never remember whether the ridged side
of the zip cord goes to the wide plug or vice versa...

Usually, the ridged side of the cord is the neutral side (wide blade),
but I always verify this with an ohm meter, just to be sure - some old
Chinese wiresets fly in the face of convention...


Greg G.