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Article #15558Re: Various national colour code of wires (e.g. earth) for elec. plug
From: Stephen Tell
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:31
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:31
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In article <1992Dec15.191356.22205@allegra.att.com> rfc@allegra.att.com (Robert F. Casey) writes: |Someone mentioned, in this thread, that, in USA, white is only used for the |neutral power return. But there is one exception that I've seen: Imagine |you have a ceiling light controlled by a wall switch. | box in ceiling box on wall |hot black============--------------------- hot white |source switch |neutral white------- =================== switched black | | | | light bulb | in ceiling |Go to the library and they should have a book on housewiring. If the book is any good, in this case it should tell you to "re-code" that hot white wire to blue, red, or black using plastic electrical tape or some kind of marker. This should be done at both ends of the cable, of course. -- Steve Tell tell@cs.unc.edu H: 919 968 1792 | #5L Estes Park apts UNC Chapel Hill Computer Science W: 919 962 1845 | Carrboro NC 27510 Engineering is a _lot_ like art: Some circuits are like lyric poems, some are like army manuals, and some are like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy..
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uvaarpa!concert!borg!rukbat!tell From: tell@rukbat.cs.unc.edu (Stephen Tell) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Various national colour code of wires (e.g. earth) for elec. plug Message-ID: <18410@borg.cs.unc.edu> Date: 16 Dec 92 21:31:20 GMT References: <519@bit.UUCP> <1992Dec14.133335.21707@cs.hw.ac.uk> <1992Dec15.191356.22205@allegra.att.com> Sender: news@cs.unc.edu Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 26