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Thread: 240 V mains cable
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19th April 2020, 05:37 PM #1
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240 V mains cable
Hi All,
can someone tell me when the colour code for 240V mains appliance cable changed from red/black/green to brown/blue/green & yellow? Reason is I was changing the cable on an old makita polisher that had a very dodgy repair involving twisting copper strands and black tape. The plug end was brown/blue etc whilst the polisher end was red/black etc.
Thanks, Paul M
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19th April 2020, 06:10 PM #2
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19th April 2020, 09:58 PM #3
From memory 20 yrs ago, was done to comply with international colour codes for electrical wiring
The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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19th April 2020, 10:10 PM #4
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My thought was late 70s but I could be wayyyyy off
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19th April 2020, 10:55 PM #5
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brown = phase
blue = neutral
green = earth.
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19th April 2020, 11:21 PM #6
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