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Article #9533Re: ANOTHER house wiring question (this one's basic)
From: Dave Turner
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 19:58
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 19:58
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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.
The standard of BLACK and WHITE for power probably predates that for other
electronic wiring where BLACK is ground and RED is hot (such as that used in
old vacuum tube devices).
Perhaps a better question is why did the later standards ignore (and violate)
the earlier one(s)?
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Dave Turner 415/823-2001 {att,bellcore,sun,ames,decwrl}!pacbell!dmturne
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