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From: inesc!jmc%eniac@relay.eu.net (Miguel Casteleiro)
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Subject: Re: Trivia Question About Butt Sets
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Date: 12 Nov 90 20:31:12 GMT
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In article <14551@accuvax.nwu.edu>, rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
writes:

> In article <14486@accuvax.nwu.edu>, davidb@pacer.uucp (David Barts)
> writes:

>> Why are butt set leads colored red/black/green instead of
>> red/green/yellow?

> Wire color codes -- one of my favorite questions!  I can't answer this
> one, but this has always amused me:

> 	Electricity <100v	Electricity >100v	Telephones

> Ground	Black			Green			Yellow
> Neutral	--			White			Red
> Hot		Red			Black			Green

Well, here it's different:

	Electricity >100v

Ground		Black or Blue
Neutral		Yellow and Green (in stripes)
Hot		Brown

The rest are the same colors!


Miguel Casteleiro at INESC, Lisboa, Portugal.   UUCP: ...!mcsun!inesc!jmc