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James Salisbury wrote:
DANGER DANGER DANGER Some german appliances of that era had RED =EARTH
and caused death when imported into the UK and the earth was connected
to live. This was one of many reasons why we now have common wireing
colours....

Yes. FWIW, some German cars used red for the negative or ground - the
exact opposite of UK practice.

It's what annoys me when the objectors to unified colours throughout the
EU go on about the 'instinctive' old colours. There's no such thing.

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*Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"

Dave Plowman London SW
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