Wiring Up A Light Socket. If you wonder why you have to identify and connect the hot and neutral wires correctly in a lamp read on. But the issue is safety.
Power reaches the bulb by running through the metal tab at the bottom of the socket via the hot wire where the bulb sits through the bulb and back out the metal threads where the bulb is screwed in via the neutral wire creating a circuit. But the issue is safety. True the lamp will usually work either way.
As the dictionary states sockets are the devices that deliver electricity to the bulbs.
How to wire up a light bulb socket step 1. The first thing you need to do is. Part of the series. How to wire up a light bulb socket step 1.