23 Jan
2004
23 Jan
'04
1:02 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 17:07, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Brad Parker declared on Wednesday 21 January 2004
11:56 am:
Argh, no no no no no! Blue is always Neutral, Brown is always Phase!
Horrible things can happen in switched mode PSUs if you don't follow
this, although for lamps and stuff it doesn't make much of a difference.
If you're not in the UK then you might want to check that you have the
appropriate voltage selected.
Gordon.
The end of the power cord is snipped off this
11/34a I have in front
of me...
It has a blue wire, a brown wire and a green striped wire.
I'm assuming the green striped is ground. Brown hot and blue
neutral?
(I think this is a standard, but I shy away from voltages above 48vdc
:-)
-brad
Yeah, that's right. Not sure about the 11/34, but especially on things
designed to be dual voltage, you can swap the blue/brown wires 'round
and it'll work ok. Just gotta be careful if the neutral wire is used a
s ground lead...