Re: Basic wiring question

Think about this for a second. Put a lamp in and test to make sue the
green is ground (you should get inf ohms between it and the other
two). Once that's done, it doesn't matter. A lamp is passive, it
just conducts, so as long as it is between the hot and neutral, it
doesn't care what color the wire is. Since the wireing is an old
standard, there's little point in trying to comply with it.

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:45:43 -0500, "McJ"
<wjmcjen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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
>
.

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