On 14 July 2011 19:10, Peter Blodow <p.blo...@dreki.de> wrote: > at least since I was a little boy (half a century ago), black used to be > the colour of the live wire in ordinary cables here in Europe.
Curious. As long as I have been aware of it (probably 35 years since I first wired a plug) it was red for live and black for neutral in fixed wiring, and brown for live and blue for neutral in flex. (I presume that before I noticed they were both red/black). We recently switched fixed-wiring to brown/blue (which I thought was euro-harmonisation too). At the same time 3-phase went from red/blue/yellow with a black neutral to brown/black/grey with a blue neutral. So now blue and black can both be live or neutral. -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
