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| Thread ID: 80862 | 2007-07-07 04:09:00 | Oven wiring | freebruisersmum (12522) | PC World Chat |
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| 566723 | 2007-07-08 11:03:00 | OK..US codes here... The white and the green (or bare) are all considered ground...it's just a newer way of doing things. The two legs that ARE not white or green or bare are the 120v legs each..they are not different phases..you don't get 3 phase in residential wiring. In the old days, they kept the grounds and the common wires separate, but any more they just couple them together and call it good. It's not a good idea to quote US codes here SJ, our system is significantly different to yours, both in reticulation systems and wiring codes. Your colour codes are quite different, and we do have 3 phase wiring in some residential installations, especially those with high power demands (I bet Al Gore isn't on a single phase setup either!) We also keep our 'common' linked to ground via a multiple earthed neutral system and have pretty much always done so, apart from the initial spread of electrification back when Adam was a cowgirl, when there were no standards at all, just proprietary systems. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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| 566724 | 2007-07-08 21:12:00 | Originally Posted by SurferJoe46 View Post OK . . US codes here . . . It's not a good idea to quote US codes here SJ, our system is significantly different to yours, both in reticulation systems and wiring codes . Your colour codes are quite different, and we do have 3 phase wiring in some residential installations, especially those with high power demands (I bet Al Gore isn't on a single phase setup either!) Actually, I don't think that's a fair assumption Billy . . . as this site is oft quoted all over the world and you should realize that being this way, the audience is truly international in scope . Perhaps you didn't see my header that noted the info I posted was a US variant? If we all keep our heads and realize that none of us are truly isolated on the internet; we are in the homes and offices of people in places that we don't even know . Maybe when "Every Child: A Computer International" gets going, we will have people in mud huts who don't even have an electric oven, running a hand-cranked laptop on BPL, then we can talk about keeping cobras off the keyboard . |
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