the wires that are in most electric appliances
2006-10-11 02:02:37 · 7 answers · asked by MINKIE 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
Live = Brown wire
Neutral = Blue wire
Earth = Green/yellow wire
NB Some one (he's removed his answer) implied that one terminal was called Positive. Please note that you do not have a Positive (or Negative)) wire/terminal on an AC mains system. Positive/Negative imply a DC system which is not extant in the UK/EU. (I believe Derby did have a DC system decades ago -very odd and wasteful!).
2006-10-11 02:07:19 · answer #1 · answered by avian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, stay > Brown (was once pink on older issues) impartial > Blue (was once black) Earth > Now eco-friendly with a yellow stripe (was once basically eco-friendly) eu regs > here we bypass lower back ! A circuit is made with the aid of passing modern with the aid of a gadget, and to get all technical, the electron flow travels fron the better stress "stay" conducutor back throughout the "impartial", for that reason spinning your meter. The earth is an significant protection characteristic, in that without it, a bathing device would have a stay physique without tripping a breaker, as an occasion. Your impartial to earth voltage could be checked, as curiously at how sturdy the earth connection back on your community sub-station is. stay to impartial could ideally be 240V, yet they're allowed 10% the two way. In plugs, all you do is understand that the stay is going throughout the interior fuse, the earth is the great pin, which leaves no determination for the impartial Gods, i'm meant to be a power engineer, so wait till you get onto 5 huge distinctive colored cables Sounds simplistic, yet human beings do go incorrect Bang ! Bob
2016-12-08 12:46:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hot, neutral, and ground.
black wire is hot (right side of outlet) --this is the one that can shock you.
white wire is neutral( left side of outlet)
green wire is ground(bottom side of outlet)
when wiring an outlet black goes to gold screw, white goes to silver screw, and green goes to the ground(bottom) screw.
remember black-gold white -silver green to ground the world around
2006-10-11 02:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by scootda2nd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Active, Neutral,Earth hope this helps..cheers
2006-10-11 02:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by Whoops 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Positve, neutral, and ground are three names another three are more of slang terms hot, return and ground
2006-10-11 02:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tom Dick and Harry
Really Live Negative and Earth .......take care not to mix them up!!!
2006-10-11 02:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by grumpyoldman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVIAN is 100% correct.
2006-10-12 23:43:21 · answer #7 · answered by Realist 2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋