Simple electrical question

[Rich Engelhardt]

Hello,
I have to put in two 110 v outlets.
Someone mentioned here which leads go to which screws, but I can't seem to find the thread it was mentioned in.
Which color screw get's the hot, and which get's the neutral?

[Jim Dunn]

Off color or brownish colored screw gets the "hot", usually black wire. The silver colored screw gets the neutral.

[David G Baker]

Black wire to the brass colored screw or lug and white wire to the silver screw or lug. Ground wire goes to the green screw or lug.

[Rob Russell]

Another way to look at it is that - on a polarized plug - the small slot is the hot and the wide slot is the neutral.

[David G Baker]

Another way to look at it is that - on a polarized plug - the small slot is the hot and the wide slot is the neutral.
Rob,
For some reason I never seem to remember which slot is hot and have to look at a plug almost every time to check which is the hot slot.

[Jim O'Dell]

I alays use Leviton receptacles....they have the color code in raised lettering on the back of the receptacle. Kind of hard to read, but it is there. Jim.