Red 3 Pin Plug Wire Colours

The uk s new cable colours for plugs are now harmonise with europe s power cable colours for ac dc.

Red 3 pin plug wire colours. The modern wiring installed since 2006 saw a change in the colour coding of electrical wiring. The 3 flat pin plug is used in all states of australia including its external territories new zealand papua new guinea and solomon islands. Australia power supply cord plug with saa certifications are built to as nzs 3112 and iec standards for australia ac power cord applications also known as australia mains power leads we are producing two and three prong australian ac power cables in standard configuration and can make any custom version as well 100 of our australia power cord are fully molded with high quality and rohs reach. This was the neutral wire.

My mirror light plug gone case already the plug. As normally it 3 wire. E earth green yellow wire longest pin on the plug l live brown or red wire. When holding plug in your hand with the 3 pins facing upward neutral will be on your right.

Australia also have a different wiring colour standard. Prior to 2006 different colours of cables were used in uk domestic electrical wiring and appliances for the neutral and live wires. The usa have their own wiring colours for electrical circuits black red and blue are used for 208 vac three phase. First time encounter 2 wire.

The iec dc wiring color codes are adapted from iec ac wiring color codes. Although the configuration is similar to mains plugs used in mainland china dimensional differences to the plug body may be incompatible with recessed cord socket and prevent chinese compliant cpcs ccc ccee plugs from being legally sold used in. This was the live wire. The black wire connects to the terminal marked n or neutral.

Inside only have black and red wire. The latest changes to wiring colours. What were the old uk electrical wiring colours. And i want to diy change the plug but after i dismantle the existing plug.

The green wire connects to the terminal marked e or earth. Phase 1 red phase 2 white phase 3 dark blue neutral black earth green. Installation wiring also known as building wiring is for things such as the wiring behind power points and walls. What used to be red and black wires for the live cable colour and neutral cable respectively changed to blue and brown wires for neutral and live cables.

The following iec dc wiring color codes are used for two wire grounded two wire ungrounded and three wire grounded dc power systems. N neutral blue or black wire. Brown orange and yellow are used for 480 vac. Current existing input ac 100 240v 50 60hz output 12v existing is using china head plug.

Although still used today the earth wire used to be pure green. These rules are applicable in the uk eu and all other countries who follow the new iec color codes instead of local and regional codes. The old colours were. These old cable colours should be connected thus.

Older appliances are likely to be class i with an earth wire however if they are class ii or double insulated there is no connection to the earth terminal.