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- From: grego@bit.UUCP (Greg Sanguinetti)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Various national colour code of wires (e.g. earth) for elec. plug
- Message-ID: <538@bit.UUCP>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 21:13:28 GMT
- Article-I.D.: bit.538
- References: <6912@otc.otca.oz> <519@bit.UUCP> <1992Dec14.133335.21707@cs.hw.ac.uk> <1992Dec15.191356.22205@allegra.att.com>
- Reply-To: grego@bit.UUCP (Grego Sanguinetti)
- Organization: BIT Portland, OR
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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
- >...
- > <gives example of circuit that is hard to wire with correct colors due
- > availability of cables with different colored wires>
-
- In the US, the inspectors don't always care which colors you use between the
- junction boxes but they STRONGLY request that you either paint the wires
- inside the boxes or wrap them with the appropriately colored plastic tape
- so that nobody gets confused in the future. This is true for all places where
- the wires can be exposed by removing a plate or opening a door, etc...
-
- It's a good idea to think about the poor schmuck that has to work on your
- wiring after you have left!
-
- -grego
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