power cord for 11/34?

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Fri Jan 23 06:02:24 2004

On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 17:07, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> Brad Parker declared on Wednesday 21 January 2004 11:56 am:
> > 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?
> >
> > (I think this is a standard, but I shy away from voltages above 48vdc
> > :-)
> >
> > -brad
>
> Yeah, that's right. Not sure about the 11/34, but especially on things
> designed to be dual voltage, you can swap the blue/brown wires 'round
> and it'll work ok. Just gotta be careful if the neutral wire is used a
> s ground lead...

Argh, no no no no no! Blue is always Neutral, Brown is always Phase!
Horrible things can happen in switched mode PSUs if you don't follow
this, although for lamps and stuff it doesn't make much of a difference.

If you're not in the UK then you might want to check that you have the
appropriate voltage selected.

Gordon.
Received on Fri Jan 23 2004 - 06:02:24 GMT