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Looking at this, makes me wish (again!) that there was a globally agreed colour scheme for Live/Neutral/Earth wiring....

• deepsun 4y ago
  I always thought Neutral is White, Earth is Black, and Live is everything else (like Red).
  • Jaruzel 4y ago
    Here in the UK, Neutral is blue, Earth is Yellow & Green striped, and Live is Brown. Unless... the wiring is over ~30 years old, in which case it's Black + Red for Neutral and Live.
  • peoplefromibiza 4y ago
    Yellow & Green striped is the IEC standard for earth here in Europe AFAIK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60446#Protective_earth_and_neutral_(PEN)_conductor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60446#Protective_earth_and...
  • jbotdev 4y ago
    In the US it’s White for Neutral, Green for Ground, Black for Hot, Red also Hot (usually for the other hot/phase on 240v or three way lighting).
  • formerly_proven 4y ago
    As usual there's the American way and the International way.
    • deepsun 4y ago
      Stop dividing people! I'm International, by the way :)