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Bud--

wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:25:58 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:19:41 -0800 (PST), wrote:

I'd not want to do that. Later electricians will find mauve, purple, fuscia
and olive wires. And not know which one is hot, or neutral. For the one time
expense, I'd suggest to buy new wire, and stick to the accepted colors for
hot, ground, and neutral.

Everything in the post was "accepted colors". Nothing suggested colors
that are not "accepted".

Yeah. I'd be pretty leery of an electrician that didn't understand
that setup... but then again, I'm used to dealing with electricians
that come and work on our 3-phase, 440V stuff.

Residential electricians deal with black, white, red and green. ( or
shades there-of) So grey and mauve could be black and red?

Grounds have to be green, green with a yellow stripe or bare
Neutrals have to be gray or white.
No other colors are specified and a "hot" can use anything else.
In a commercial installation you might see 10 or more colors for the
hots.

And it is inconceivable a licensed electrician, residential or other,
wouldn't know that.

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bud--