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European colour codes
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| amp is 2007-02-26, 9:25 am |
| Hi all
Have wired up a domestic house in Spain using 2.5mm, Brown live, Blue
neutral and Yellow/Green earth. I have been told this is wrong and that the
live conductor should be Black, anyone have any input on this? This is the
power circuit not the lighting.TIA.
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| Robert van de Sandt 2007-02-26, 9:25 am |
| Hallo,
look at the documents HD 308 and EN 60446.
The German VDE Norm says for live: braun, black or gray for 2 to 5 wired
cable and for single wires.
For neutral: blue.
For earth: green-yellow.
amp is schrieb:
> Hi all
> Have wired up a domestic house in Spain using 2.5mm, Brown live, Blue
> neutral and Yellow/Green earth. I have been told this is wrong and that the
> live conductor should be Black, anyone have any input on this? This is the
> power circuit not the lighting.TIA.
>
>
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| amp is 2007-02-26, 9:25 am |
| The house may have a 3-phase input which is normal here for loads above
10kva.
"amp is" <thisisnotmy@address.com> wrote in message
news:45e2b87c_2@x-privat.org...
> Hi all
> Have wired up a domestic house in Spain using 2.5mm, Brown live, Blue
> neutral and Yellow/Green earth. I have been told this is wrong and that
> the live conductor should be Black, anyone have any input on this? This is
> the power circuit not the lighting.TIA.
>
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| Bob n. 2007-02-27, 5:25 pm |
| On Feb 26, 5:36 am, "amp is" <thisisno...@address.com> wrote:
> Hi all
> Have wired up a domestic house in Spain using 2.5mm, Brown live, Blue
> neutral and Yellow/Green earth. I have been told this is wrong and that the
> live conductor should be Black, anyone have any input on this? This is the
> power circuit not the lighting.TIA.
If you find out brown is not good enough for Spain, and some one tells
you it has to be re-done, check the fine print of the code.
Generally, wrapping the visible ends of the wire with the correct-
color tape will meet the code.
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| Tom Horne, Electrician 2007-02-28, 3:25 am |
| Bob n. wrote:
> On Feb 26, 5:36 am, "amp is" <thisisno...@address.com> wrote:
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> If you find out brown is not good enough for Spain, and some one tells
> you it has to be re-done, check the fine print of the code.
> Generally, wrapping the visible ends of the wire with the correct-
> color tape will meet the code.
>
I thought that the colors you used were the new European Union colors.
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Tom Horne
"This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
for general use." Thomas Alva Edison
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