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Article #9517Re: ANOTHER house wiring question (this one's basic)
From: James W. Swonger
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 14:20
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 14:20
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In article <5884@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Bender) writes: > >anyone know why they choose BLACK for the hot wire and WHITE for >neutral? I always associated black wires with ground. > I think it was done that way because the average schmoe associates black with death, i.e. "don't touch that one, dummy"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod!caen!uflorida!mlb.semi.harris.com!cica4.mlb.semi.harris.com!jws From: jws@cica4.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: ANOTHER house wiring question (this one's basic) Message-ID: <1991Jan15.142034.5801@mlb.semi.harris.com> Date: 15 Jan 91 14:20:34 GMT References: <kJhTxoE@quack.sac.ca.us> <1948@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> <5884@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@mlb.semi.harris.com Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL Lines: 7 Nntp-Posting-Host: cica4.mlb.semi.harris.com