I'm betting the blue was actually green in which case that would be the wire for a 3 way switch. But if he ran 12 gauge to a water heater you're lucky it didn't start a fire. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation
What is the blue. Before I switched to gas hot water the old electric unit had white, red, black, blue and ground. About ten years ago I had an electrician run some gfci lines in the bathroom. at one point he used a a 12/4 with ground. This 12/4 had the white,red,black and blue wires. I don't remember if he used the blue for the hot that was gfci protected or the blue for the hot that was not gfci. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbald...@cableone.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:32 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation In AC, normally it is the black that is hot, when your talking about 120 v, with 240 v, it is normally the black and red, if it is three wire, or both black and white are hot if it is just 2 wire 240 v. When the white is made hot, it is suppose to be marked with a piece of black electrical tape. use to be able to use a black marker but that can ware off over time. _____ Michael From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Spiro Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:36 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation Ron, Tom, bob, Dale: I guess my mind is going. I've forgotten two importantthings. One, which color in alternating current wiring is hot? Secondly, when doing an I.E.C. cable, which is hot? Sorry to be so dense. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links __________ NOD32 4046 (20090430) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
