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  2. Electrical wiring in North America - Wikipedia

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    For power circuits, the color-coding uses the same colors as residential construction, and adds the additional wires used for three-phase systems. Black, Red and Blue are used for hot wires and White is used as the neutral wire in a 120/208 V circuit. Brown, Orange and Yellow are used as hot wires and gray is used as the neutral wire in a 277/ ...

  3. Knob-and-tube wiring - Wikipedia

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    Over the K&T era multiple wire types evolved. Early wiring was insulated with cotton cloth and soft rubber, while later wiring was much more robust. Although the actual wire covering may have degraded over the decades, the porcelain standoffs have a nearly unlimited lifespan and will keep any bare wires safely insulated.

  4. Distribution board - Wikipedia

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    The neutral wire is connected to the neutral busbar to the left with all the white wires, and the two hot wires are attached to the main breaker. Below the main breaker are the two bus bars carrying the current between the main breaker and the two columns of branch circuit breakers, with each respective circuit's red and black hot wires leading ...

  5. Electrical wiring - Wikipedia

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    Two conductors are sheathed in red and black rubber, and the central earth wire is bare. These cables are dangerous because the sheath is prone to split if repeatedly flexed. In the United Kingdom, an early form of insulated cable, [ 9 ] introduced in 1896, consisted of two impregnated-paper-insulated conductors in an overall lead sheath.

  6. Ground and neutral - Wikipedia

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    The three conductors are usually coloured red, black, and white. The white serves as a common neutral, while the red and black each feed, separately, the top and bottom hot sides of the receptacle. Typically such receptacles are supplied from two circuit breakers in which the handles of two poles are tied together for a common trip.

  7. Electrical code - Wikipedia

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    However, it is a common misconception that "hot" conductor colour-coding is required by the Code. In the United States, colour-coding of three-phase system conductors follows a de facto standard, wherein black, red, and blue are used for three-phase 120/208-volt systems, and brown, orange or violet, and yellow are used in 277/480-volt systems.

  8. 25-pair color code - Wikipedia

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    The major, or primary group of colors consists of the sequence of white, red, black, yellow, and violet (mnemonics Why Run Backwards, You'll Vomit). [3] The minor, or secondary color is chosen from the sequence blue, orange, green, brown, and slate (mnemonics B ell O perators G ive B etter S ervice [ 4 ] ).

  9. DIN 47100 - Wikipedia

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    The isolations of the several wires in a cable are either solidly colored in one color, or striped lengthwise in two colors. Use of the three-colored wires numbered 45 and up is rare. Cable identification to DIN 47100 [ 1 ]