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18-09-2006, 09:07 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Uncle Marvo
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Wiring a Plug
In reply to Uncle Marvo ) who wrote
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In reply to Mike ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :
Ian Smith wrote:
Yes, and now it's law that the good old black/red twin-and-earth
has gone. Blue/brown must be used for sockets and lighting, so the
changeover is complete. Even 3-phase 415v wiring in factories hasn't
escaped this nonsense; red/yellow/blue (with black neutral) now
brown/black/grey (with blue neutral). Step forward, not!
So "blue" has changed from a live colour to neutral. Smart move :-(
It is worse than that. And that reg is EU-wide, too.
Mike, why do you post things to 4 different newsfroups?
[hastens to add ...]
cos my thingy won't let me (and rightly so, I think).
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