Menace Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Can someone advise whether the live (phase) supply should now be brown or still to remain in red? My brico was very short of the brown 1.5 & 2.5mm cable. I did however, note stacks of red on the shelves.Regards.Menace (Sussex & Dept.14) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eslier Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Isn't it more often black ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/634578/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 That link don't go, Dick...As far as I am aware, live (phase) wiring can be any colour except blue or green/yellow. Still.The UK has recently changed its red/black cable to blue/brown to match EU norms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Yep, a recent, (April) conversation with a French electrician elicited the reponse that ANY colour will do for live, so long as it's not green/yellow, or blue.I've used red for feeds to switches, sockets, etc, and brown for switch to fitting, with orange and purple used in a two-way, and also in a telerupteur circuit.Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 Thanks for that. It will have to be red for the feed and brown for switch lines.menace(Sussex & 14) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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