How To Fix 3 Wire Plug. When replacing a three-prong plug connect the black wire in the cord to the brass terminal screw the white wire to the chrome terminal and the green or bare wire which is the ground wire to the green ground screw in the plug. Three-prong plugs have a hot wire a neutral wire and a ground wire.
One is silver one is brass and one is green. Unravel the entire strand of lights. Dont over tighten as you may strip the screw thread but it needs to be tight enough that by pulling on the cable it will not come out of the terminal.
Take off roughly 3 centimeter 12 in of white covering leaving you with three thinner cables.
Twist the wire ends together then bend a small hook into each side. This is a direct violation of the National Electric Code and a safety hazard. Remove the damaged section of the cable using wire cutters. One is silver one is brass and one is green.
