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- From: tell@rukbat.cs.unc.edu (Stephen Tell)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Various national colour code of wires (e.g. earth) for elec. plug
- Message-ID: <18410@borg.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 21:31:20 GMT
- References: <519@bit.UUCP> <1992Dec14.133335.21707@cs.hw.ac.uk> <1992Dec15.191356.22205@allegra.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec15.191356.22205@allegra.att.com> rfc@allegra.att.com (Robert F. Casey) writes:
- |Someone mentioned, in this thread, that, in USA, white is only used for the
- |neutral power return. But there is one exception that I've seen: Imagine
- |you have a ceiling light controlled by a wall switch.
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- | box in ceiling box on wall
- |hot black============--------------------- hot white
- |source switch
- |neutral white------- =================== switched black
- | | |
- | light bulb
- | in ceiling
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- |Go to the library and they should have a book on housewiring.
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- If the book is any good, in this case it should tell you to "re-code" that
- hot white wire to blue, red, or black using plastic electrical tape or some
- kind of marker. This should be done at both ends of the cable, of course.
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