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Chris Lewis
 
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Default Legal to use this wire for home wiring?

According to PipeDown :

As for color, Code allows for non standard colors to be used as long as the
conductor is identified by the proper color tape at each end. Not a great
idea IMO if you can avoid it. For example the SE wire (for a 200A service)
only came in black, I had to tape off the neutral with white electrical tape
to identify it. The inspector and power company guy had no problem with
that.


There's a specific exemption for service conductors. It's more complicated
with circuit conductors. You can mark a white conductor black to indicate
it's hot. But you can't do the reverse.
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