[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[Alistair Mann]

John G Walker wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:07:26 +0100 Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk>
>  wrote:
>
> > My memory is quite clear that red was live and black was neutral.
>
>  Correct. And brown was, naturally, the colour of the earth.
>
>  I was taught that "Red goes to the right". I've never learnt a rule
>  for the new colours,

Second letter.
Blue -- L -- left
Brown -- R -- right.

Cheers,
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Alistair Mann
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