iec/eec color codes?? - Electronic Circuits Projects Diagrams Free

glmclell · 1st September 2004, 03:54 PM

I bought an open frame dc power supply recently, and it is the 'international' type, so the color codes on the AC side are a little foreign to me

I have brown, blue and green.

I've figured out green is ground, but blue and brown... which is the 'hot' or 'live' and which is the neutral?

thanks!

Exo · 1st September 2004, 04:15 PM

Over here, blue is neutral, brown is live.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 2nd September 2004, 12:02 AM

In the UK brown is live, blue is neutral, and green/yellow striped is earth (or ground).

Generally, particularly if it has an earth lead, live and neutral don't really make any difference - at least not for the last 30 years or so!. Not that you shouldn't connect them correctly as a matter of course, but you should be aware of the reasons for doing so!.

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1st September 2004, 03:54 PM	(permalink)
glmclell	iec/eec color codes?? I bought an open frame dc power supply recently, and it is the 'international' type, so the color codes on the AC side are a little foreign to me I have brown, blue and green. I've figured out green is ground, but blue and brown... which is the 'hot' or 'live' and which is the neutral? thanks!

1st September 2004, 04:15 PM	(permalink)
Exo	Over here, blue is neutral, brown is live.

2nd September 2004, 12:02 AM	(permalink)
Nigel Goodwin	In the UK brown is live, blue is neutral, and green/yellow striped is earth (or ground). Generally, particularly if it has an earth lead, live and neutral don't really make any difference - at least not for the last 30 years or so!. Not that you shouldn't connect them correctly as a matter of course, but you should be aware of the reasons for doing so!. __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk