new wring colours

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    themadhippy seen it done it smokin it

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    just a note to all you DIY ers in the uk that from 1st April 2004 a new colour code for fixed electrical wiring will be introduced,
    either the old or new colours maybe used , but not both .
    Installations starting after 1 st April 2006 must be
    wired in the new colours.
    The new colours (brown for live,blue for neutral ,brown grey and black for 3 phase ) are being introduced in the name of european harmony,and are infact a britsh idea.
    more details at http://www.iee.org/Publish/WireRegs/CableCol.pdf
     
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    Slaphead Lurking less

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    Errrm, I thought we changed to the blue-neutral brown-live and green/yellow-earth standard some 30 years ago. It's certainly been that on virtually every plug I've rewired. Am I in a time warp or something????

    edited to say - Missed the bit about fixed wiring. However I thought that would have changed at the same time as plug wiring
     
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