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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!labtam!graeme
- From: graeme@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Graeme Gill)
- Subject: Re: Various national colour code of wires(e.g. earth) for elec. plug
- Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:07:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.040728.23318@labtam.labtam.oz.au>
- Summary: Australian Standards
- References: <wai.721266966@phoenix> <1992Nov9.002325.1@auvax1.adelphi.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov9.002325.1@auvax1.adelphi.edu>, schmidt@auvax1.adelphi.edu writes:
- > In article <wai.721266966@phoenix>, wai@socs.uts.edu.au (Wai Yat Wong) writes:
- > > Anybody out there can tell me about the colour coding various
- > > country use for labelling a wire as active or neutral or
- > > ground.
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- > In other parts of the world, I believe the "low" wire is generally blue, the
- > "hot" is brown. In fact the USA national electric code now allows portable
- > equipment with cords with a blue neutral instead of white, to allow overseas
- > cord sets to be used in the USA.
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- > > Also, I like to
- > > find out the info for Australian systems.
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- The international standard (I believe) is brown - active, blue - neutral,
- and green with yellow stripe - ground.
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- This is the current Australian standard. The old Australian standard was
- red - active, black - neutral, and green - ground. The standard domestic supply
- is nominally 240 Volts RMS at 50 Hz. Measured voltages of up to 260 Volts are
- within the supply tolerance.
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- Graeme Gill
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