If they need a neutral they need a white insulated wire. It could also be the grounding conductor before 96 but it was still called a neutral and was supposed to be insulated. The exception allowed SE but I still saw inspectors say that had to be SER as long ago as 71. The normal installation I saw was the white went to the 3d prong of the plug and the ground landed on the backstrap of a bakelite receptrace or the box.


Greg Fretwell