The standard you're looking for is IEC 60446, "Identification of conductors by colours or numerals".
Patty Elliot Qualcomm, Inc. p...@qualcomm.com At 02:02 AM 11/20/98 -0800, Martin Johnson wrote: >Can anybody tell me which (European)specification explicitly defines >the colour of insulation for wiring (internal and external). >Presumeably its going to be EN60XXX (can somebody fill in the X's for >me!!) > >Obviously green/yellow for earth, but what is defined for >phase/neutral. I have seen brown/black for used for phase and light >blue for neutral, but have also seen red/yellow etc for phase wiring. >Is this allowable? This may seem blatantly obvious to you guys, but >i'm just not that sure. > >Thanks, >MJ > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >--------- >This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. >To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org >with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the >quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, >j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or >roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators). >