On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:56:18 -0600, Nightcrawler® wrote:

The color is done to let you know what phase and type of
voltage and/or to distinguish each conductor from the other.

OK. I'm happy to know that the red is another hot for the 240V
lines.

Thanks for clarifying that. Right now I'm more worried about
the brown scorching...