colour of wires for american plugs

mozartk500 · 16 May 2005

i have just bought an item from america and the colours of the wires in the mains lead are black, green and white. how do these correspond to a british plug fittings of earth, neutral and live.

thanks for your help

BJS_Spark · 16 May 2005

The colours are:

Black = Live
White = Neutral
Green = Earth

BE AWARE that some US eqipment is 110V and some 230V and that their frequency is 60Hz (different to our 50Hz 230V supply) and may need to be adjusted or adapted to work and not plug straight in!!

keyplayer · 16 May 2005

Easier than playing in B flat major!

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