2007-10-06 05:46:55 · 10 answers · asked by jean_has_cats 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Uh,, touch it first? ac wiring, how bout touch it NEVUH.
Ty for answers, used to do both EU and US wiring but had to post a big sign in my office.
Grins and giggles, Brown or Blue neutral?
2007-10-06 10:05:41 · update #1
The standard coding scheme is that the black wire is hot and the white one is neutral. But be careful!! There are a lot of houses that seem to have been wired by morons who didn't know the difference.
Also, as someone else mentioned, any switches should go in the hot side line. But again....... Be careful. That's -B- -E- careful.
Doug
2007-10-06 06:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Black Electrical Wire
2016-11-14 04:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by snedden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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You need a professional electrician to replace some wire from the fixture to the switch and then to the power source. At some point this was scabbed in to the system without the needed neutral wire which must be white in North America. Some one has used the grounding conductor as the neutral which does present major risk to life and equipment. This may operate but it is very dangerous and a fire hazard.
2016-04-08 13:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the USA, in all wiring under electrical codes, hot legs are black and neutral wires are white.
2007-10-06 05:54:27 · answer #5 · answered by aviophage 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
avio is correct for residential 110V wiring, but safety first, test it to make sure it isn't wired wrong, or being used as a switch leg in a lighting circuit.
Also, in residential 220V wiring the red is hot as well as the black. TEST BEFORE TOUCH
2007-10-06 05:58:05 · answer #6 · answered by mavis b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And do NOT confuse this with direct current (DC) wiring, where the convention is black = negative (ground) and red = positive.
2014-10-27 07:24:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is hot. The white is neutral
2007-10-06 05:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by mechnginear 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not common but it is hot like red for household appliance
AC main.
2007-10-06 06:44:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-30 04:30:28 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋