How to rewire power plug on treadmill?

Question

My treadmill power cord got cut. I went to Lowes to get the exact same size cord and a new plug in. There are three cords coming out, green black and white. My questions is which goes where in the plug(two top ones, and bottom) The green wire in the treamill goes to a part on the frame, and the black on goes to like "fuse" or "breaker" and the white one goes to a harness.

Answer 1

(In the US)  The green wire will go to the round plug, on a three prong plug.  The white wire will go to the  wide blade prong, and the black to the narrower blade.

If the blades are the same size, then look at how the plug will fit into the outlet.  One of the outlet prongs will be wider.... thats the one that gets the white wire.

Photo of typical wall outlet - http://www.automatedoutlet.com/files/t_6...

If you bought wire and plug seperately, then when you open the plug, there will be a black s***w, and silver s***w.  Black wire goes to the black s***w, and white wire to the silver s***w.  Green to the round post.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Green wire to green s***w, or center round prong.  White wire to silver s***w, or the wider blade.  The black wire goes to the dark s***w, or the narrow blade.    This is a standard here in the US.  Just make sure you get them in the whole, with no straggler wires hanging out.  If you leave a straggler, it could get into the other wires causing a short.  Make sure they are tight.