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If your lamp has a third wire in the cord, it should be 'ground'. The two current-carrying wires are called 'neutral' and 'hot' based on, and because of, the way the wiring coming into the house is "arranged" / "configured"...
In the house wiring itself ( in the U.S.A. ), the white wire is the 'neutral' wire - which is the "common neutral" wire from the "center-tap" connection of the 'secondary' winding of the transformer feeding the house. This is why it is called 'neutral'. The other two current-carrying wires are called 'hot'. The most often colors for these are black and red. Both colors will be used when both 'hot' wires are needed in a circuit. Otherwise, it will usually be black - even if it comes from the 'red' wire side coming into the house at the breaker box. ( The actual wires that come into the breaker box will usually all be black, with the 'hot' wires marked with colored tape. It is less likely that one of them will actually be red. The red color comes into play when you have four-wire power transmission for a "220" circuit: green, white, black, and red are the usual colors. ) Then, there is 'ground' - which either has green insulation, or is bare wire.
So then:
'ground' => green, or bare wire
'neutral' => white
'hot' => black, red, blue, etc. - can be almost anything but green or white, but usually black and then red
Back to the lamp...
If one of the blades of the plug is larger than the other ( the corresponding slot it goes in is also larger ), then that blade is the 'neutral' side of the circuit. The other, smaller, blade is of course the 'hot' side of the circuit. The 'neutral' side needs to connect to the "shell" of the lamp socket, while the 'hot' side needs to connect to ( and, possibly going through a switch first ) the metal 'finger' that touches the tip of the light bulb when it is screwed into the socket.
In the house wiring itself ( in the U.S.A. ), the white wire is the 'neutral' wire - which is the "common neutral" wire from the "center-tap" connection of the 'secondary' winding of the transformer feeding the house. This is why it is called 'neutral'. The other two current-carrying wires are called 'hot'. The most often colors for these are black and red. Both colors will be used when both 'hot' wires are needed in a circuit. Otherwise, it will usually be black - even if it comes from the 'red' wire side coming into the house at the breaker box. ( The actual wires that come into the breaker box will usually all be black, with the 'hot' wires marked with colored tape. It is less likely that one of them will actually be red. The red color comes into play when you have four-wire power transmission for a "220" circuit: green, white, black, and red are the usual colors. ) Then, there is 'ground' - which either has green insulation, or is bare wire.
So then:
'ground' => green, or bare wire
'neutral' => white
'hot' => black, red, blue, etc. - can be almost anything but green or white, but usually black and then red
Back to the lamp...
If one of the blades of the plug is larger than the other ( the corresponding slot it goes in is also larger ), then that blade is the 'neutral' side of the circuit. The other, smaller, blade is of course the 'hot' side of the circuit. The 'neutral' side needs to connect to the "shell" of the lamp socket, while the 'hot' side needs to connect to ( and, possibly going through a switch first ) the metal 'finger' that touches the tip of the light bulb when it is screwed into the socket.
1. I need Angela to translate that because it's all Greek to me. (I'm stuck on, "but the cord is white all the way up, and it's one cord." lol)
2. Get husband to do this job. Gotcha!
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Hubby was a steamfitter. This is an important word to him, because "pipefitter" means "plumber," while "steamfitter" means "heating mechanic." Most of his buddies are/were plumbers. (Some have retired.) There was a rivalry between them as big as the rivalry between Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. Whenever they got to arguing over which job was better, he'd show them his fingernails and tell them, "What's that gunk under my nails? Grease! What's under your nails?" (Plumbers deal with toilets. lol)
He no longer has the strength he used to have. (I consider this a good thing. You should try to loosen a cap he's tightened. Never could be done back in his day. lol) But, in the last year, I've discovered I can clean out a Clean Out. (Don't want to, but I can.) AND, I could have done an S trap under our sink, if it hadn't corroded so much I broke off what was left of the metal between the joints. (And he tightened those joints back when he was strong, so iffy whether I could have loosened them.) I did clean out the goop in the tub's drain a week ago. (HUGE smile of delight on my face.) And didn't gag!
I have decided I'd rather puke from doing a plumbing job then get electrocuted again. Plumbing is disgusting, but it's not deadly. Electricity is deadly... or it really hurts!
He no longer has the strength he used to have. (I consider this a good thing. You should try to loosen a cap he's tightened. Never could be done back in his day. lol) But, in the last year, I've discovered I can clean out a Clean Out. (Don't want to, but I can.) AND, I could have done an S trap under our sink, if it hadn't corroded so much I broke off what was left of the metal between the joints. (And he tightened those joints back when he was strong, so iffy whether I could have loosened them.) I did clean out the goop in the tub's drain a week ago. (HUGE smile of delight on my face.) And didn't gag!
I have decided I'd rather puke from doing a plumbing job then get electrocuted again. Plumbing is disgusting, but it's not deadly. Electricity is deadly... or it really hurts!