2006-06-24 00:22:38 · 4 answers · asked by Kimberly P 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
International standards place the brown wire as live or active and the blue wire as neutral or return. This is important if the lampholder is edison screw type.
2006-06-24 00:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by steve_writes 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not disagreeing with first answer, I'm NOT a licensed electrician BUT,,, This is the United States, and not knowing where you are, I have to say that the two wires, even if the ends are stripped and you cut the plug end off an extension cord then wired the blue to one lead and the brown to another, you're completing a circuit once you plug it in.
What I'm confused about is why there is no plug on the wire of your lamp,,, unless the Chinese intent was to hard wire it? There is no ground wire apparently. I can't see harm in wiring either the blue or the brown to either lead of any two lead cord you connect it to.
Rev. Steven
2006-06-24 00:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i'm an electrician from England, on wiring a house the code is red/live and black/neutral but on a plug that's on the end of a lamp its brown/live and blue/neutral.
2006-06-24 01:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by tie003uk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you only have two wires, one is positive and the other is negative. Usually, with light bulbs, it doesn't matter which is positive and which is negative. However, you can try googling for it.
2006-06-24 00:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋