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Default New cab;e colours

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Dave wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Dave wrote:
It has blue (neutral) brown (live) green and yellow (earth) and then
a black core. What does this indicate?
That's presumably a flex?


Yes, that's correct.


The extra colour could be a switched circuit - but there's no real
standard for this. And if it is a flex, these colours aren't new, but
some 30 years old. ;-)


So if it is a switched live, it will need a red sleeve on it then.


If flex, brown would be correct. Best not to mix standards.


Oh ****. I forgot! Can I buy brown sleaving?


The same place that once sold red will now sell brown.

I dunno if the sheds sell short overpriced lengths like they do with
green/yellow, though.

Dave


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