Wire Colors

[jamesh]

When given the choice between blue and brown wire, which would typically be the hot.

 

[ryan_618]

Re: Wire Colors

If this is a cord, it would be brown and blue would be the nuetral. If this is not a cord, both would be "hot".

[ November 04, 2004, 09:41 AM: Message edited by: ryan_618 ]

 

[bthielen]

Re: Wire Colors

With regards to machinery wiring, NFPA79 specifies blue to be dc+ and WHT/BLU as grounded dc.

 

[jap2525]

Re: Wire Colors

If I had to choose I would choose brown for the hot.I cut open a factory made cord to a computer the other day and the hot was brown and the neutral was blue,,,,,,,,go figure.

 

[kiloamp7]

Re: Wire Colors

Have seen many "appliance" cords with a light blue being used as the grounded conductor & a brown hot & a green/yellow stripe EG. I always thought of these as non-domestic type cords.

But NEC has, for several editions, acknowledged the light blue "neutral" in appliance cords. 400.22

I'm sure most have noticed the ridges or grooves on the outside of domestic type cords. Again 400.22

 

[hurk27]

Re: Wire Colors

Those are European wire colors.