[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[John G Walker]

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,

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 John
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