In article , dennis@home
wrote:
On 03/10/2019 22:28, Steve Walker wrote:
On 03/10/2019 11:23, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Tim
Streater wrote:
Well that's TNP saying one of the main reasons claimed for brexit,
being able to have different standards for different markets, out of
the window. Remain voters have said this from the beginning.

Rubbish. Whether to do that or not, once we are out, becomes a
commercial matter for the company involved, rather than purposelessly
being forced upon them.

Good thinking. Let's go back to when every country used their own
colours for mains flexes. Freedom of choice is more important than
common sense.

To be fair the change to colours for fixed wiring was a stupid one for
the UK. Blue is neutral in the current system and a live (3ph) under
the old, causing huge risk of confusion on industrial sites.

There was no need to standardise the colours for fixed wiring across
the EU and flex/portable wiring had already been standardised.

Of course there was, how would British electricians get jobs on the
continent if everything was different to what they had been trained to do?


Fixed wiring is a good example of where sticking to our own standard
would have been more sensible.

We didn't change much.

really ?

Change 1 (Flexibles): Red Black Green became Brown Blue and Green/yellow

Change 2 (permanent installation): Red, Blue, Yellow became Brown, Black,
Grey with Neutral going from Black to Blue

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