power cord for 11/34?

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Fri Jan 23 06:00:52 2004

On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 21:43, Tony Duell wrote:
> >
> >
> > The end of the power cord is snipped off this 11/34a I have in front of
> > me...
> >
> > It has a blue wire, a brown wire and a green striped wire.
> >
> > I'm assuming the green striped is ground. Brown hot and blue neutral?
>
> Exactly.
>
> >
> > (I think this is a standard, but I shy away from voltages above 48vdc :-)
>
> It's certainly a standard used in England and the rest of Europe. All our
> flexible mains cables (not the rigid ones used for house wiring inside
> walls [1]) use this colour code.

Erm, it's standard in Scotland, Wales and Ireland too...

Gordon.
Received on Fri Jan 23 2004 - 06:00:52 GMT