1968 NEC color code

[don_resqcapt19]

If you want a color code in the NEC, it's simple.

Submit a proposal. It's too late for the 2017, but you'll have plenty of time to prepare for the 2020 to collect your substantiation.


Speaking of substantiation, what would you proffer?

Proposal...all conductors shall be black.
Substantiation...if all of the conductors are one color you would have to have some electrical knowledge to work on electrical systems.

 

[ActionDave]

Proposal...all conductors shall be black.
Substantiation...if all of the conductors are one color you would have to have some electrical knowledge to work on electrical systems.

I agree. I know it will never happen but in the end it would be better for everybody.

 

[jim dungar]

Proposal...all conductors shall be black.

I agree. I know it will never happen but in the end it would be better for everybody.

Yet, that is basically the recommended practice in NFPA79 for industrial machinery and UL508A for control panels.