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From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
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Subject: Re: RMS versus pk-pk (was Re: polarity)
Message-ID: <1991May10.202150.6785@rand.org>
Date: 10 May 91 20:21:50 GMT
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In article <2399@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> rex@cluster.cs.su.oz (Rex Di Bona) writes:
>The three wires in an AC General Purpose Outlet (those wall sockets)
>are the active (red or brown), neutral (light blue or black), and
>earth (green/yellow).

Careful!  Although the ground wire is generally green in the US, the hot
wire is frequently black, *not* the neutral, which is generally white.
Needless to say, what is standard in Australia (or the US) may not be
elsewhere.

		-Ed Hall
		edhall@rand.org