3 Prong Plug Wiring Colors

Australia also have a different wiring colour standard.

3 prong plug wiring colors. This short video runs through the different electrical wiring colors and old electrical wiring colours in a domestic single phase installation according to the uk and european regulations. When youre done join the two halves of the plug casing and tighten the screws to hold it together. 3 phase line 2 black. Green wire to the green grounding screw white neutral to the silver screw and black hot to the brass screw.

Remove the plug cover by either snapping or unscrewing it. Three prong plugs have a hot wire a neutral wire and a ground wire. The uks new cable colours for plugs are now harmonise with europes power cable colours for ac dc. Brown orange and yellow are used for 480 vac.

3 phase line 1 brown. The white wire goes on the silver terminal the black wire on the brass one and the green wire on the green one. The third wire called the earth wire greenyellow is a safety wire and connects the metal case of the appliance to the earth. Loosen each terminal screw hook the wire around it and put the screw down tightly.

5 ac supply wiring color codes in europe iec wiring color codes in europe iec for dc supply. How to wire a plug. When replacing a three prong plug connect the black wire in the cord to the brass terminal screw the white wire to the chrome terminal and the green or bare wire which is the ground wire to the green ground screw in the plug. How to wire a plug skip to content home.

I bought a replacement plug but the wiring diagram talks about. One is silver one is brass and one is green. Most of europe abides by iec international electrotechnical commission electrical wiring colours code for ac branch circuits. Electricity gas high risk database.

Wrap the wire clockwise around the terminal and tighten each screw securely. Attach each section of exposed copper to the appropriate terminal screw. I have an old appliance with a 3 prong plug. The wires are black brown and blue.

Ground green with yellow stripe. Ministry of economic development home. Single phase line hot brown. High contrast view onoff home contact us follow us on twitter search.

3 phase line 3 grey.