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. u
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remember if he used the blue for the hot that was gfci protected or the blue
for the hot that was not gfci.
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From: "Michael Baldwin"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation
In AC, nor
wire and can be
reidentified and used however.
Ron
- Original Message -
From: Lenny McHugh
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation
What is the blue. Before I switched to ga
rsday, 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.
hook it up.
Years later when weremodeled the bathroom the electrician used 12/4 with
ground, which had the blue wire.
- Original Message -
From: "Bob Kennedy"
To:
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation
I'm betti
: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation
No, first the sears water heater was wired with white,red, blue, and black
when I took the line from the breaker it was a 10/3 white, red and black no
one could tell me how to hook it up. even the sears ma
It required 240v 10/3 wg.
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Baldwin"
To:
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:10 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation
Strange the water heater needed a 10-3. I haven't seen one that uses 120 v,
so it should have onl
- Original Message -
From: Michael Baldwin
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:10 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] electrical color and orientation
Strange the water heater needed a 10-3. I haven't seen one that uses 120 v,
so it should