iec/eec color codes??

[glmclell]

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]

Over here, blue is neutral, brown is live.

 

[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!.