Re: Basic wiring question
- From: "McJ" <wjmcjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:03:25 -0500
Sorry. I am indeed in the U.S. Though I'm writing this from home, not at the
theater, my recollection was the the fresnel in question looked to be quite
new actually and, as I mentioned, it is an Altman.
"P Vincent" <lxd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> An Altman 65Q fresnel purchased on eBay came without a connector
>> attached.
>> When I planned to put on a stage pin connector, I discovered the three
>> coated lead wires were colored green, red and black.
>>
>> Green is obviously still ground but I'm used to white-neutral and
> black-hot.
>> In the presence of a red-coated wire, should I assume that it is hot and
> the
>> black now the neutral? I know the colors are different in the U.K. but I
>> believe this is an American manufacture.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
> Jennifer - you don't say which country you are in, but these are the
> colours
> which we used to use in the UK for normal 240V cabling: Green = Earth, Red
> =
> Live, and Black = Neutral. But these were phased out in the early 1970s if
> I
> remember correctly (to the current Green + Yellow, Brown, and Blue). I
> don't
> know if this might agree with the history of this particular lantern or if
> anyone else has any ideas? Peter Vincent, UK
>
>
>
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