colours

  1. telectrix

    haronised colours

    this may be an old chestnut, but i am a recent visitor to this site so, here's my views for what they are worth. is anybody liking the silly colours. used to be easy to tell red from black in a dark cupboard. now can't tell brown from grey from blue, when using 3 core on single phase, eg SWA...
  2. I

    Cable Colours

    Lads Just a general question, when using 3 core and earth. What colours do you use for common. Chris
  3. M

    new colours on this site

    administrator the colours on this page are hard to see, the two buttons for submit are very bright or is it just my pc
  4. M

    Colour Y Plan Diagram

    All the wiring diagrams for heating systems I've noticed aren't in colour so I thought I'd have a go at doing my own. Go easy, its not perfect but I wanted to see what you guys thought. Its really for a new install as its all new colours and ive deleted the CPC's for clarity. Do you guys agree...
  5. P

    Old Colours/new colours

    Hi All This is my first post! Been following the forum with interest on and off over the last year. My query is I have been to see a Office / Warehouse unit that has had a lot of cables cut out by travellers, the cables in the trunking at roof level are fine from 1st floor level to all the Low...
  6. L

    3 phase sleeving?

    Right, if i'm supplying a three phase motor in swa, obviously taking brown/black/grey to their respective colours at the mcb, do I have to sleeve all of them brown to indicate live conductors or are the fact that they are phase colours sufficient? Not sure whether to sleeve them at the motor or...
  7. E

    Wiring colours

    Say I am wiring a school. My blue cable is finished, but I still have a lot of brown cable. Can I use the brown iso blue for a ring circuit supplying socket outlets, I will now have 2 browns and 1 earth in the trunking. Is this acceptable or good practice ? I dont think so, but the electricians...
  8. cbw

    Main fuse colours

    OK, basic schoolboy question!!!!!! I am used to just opening up a main fuse carrier to determine the fuse rating. If this is not possible I will go by the stated rating labled on the carier. (often wrong anyway) I have quoted to instal a power shower in a flat with storage heaters...
  9. Doomed

    Unusual flex colours

    Client wanted the flex for thier monitor routed up through tier desk, so I made a small hole for the flex and chopped the molded plug off to replace with a new one after treading the flex through the hole. Then I look at the flex cable colours, cpc is purple, live is black and nuetral is white...
  10. A

    Another fun day in the trade

    Have just been to a job to move a few lights, sockets and install a feed for a new hob. Its in an extension thats 4 years old so new colours. Im not perfect but the electrician that did it didnt bother with grommets, or with cable zones they go everywhere, mixed cable colours (its obvious he ran...
  11. A

    3 core colours ?

    hi fellas, if you wired some interlinked smoke alarms with 3 core cable what colour would you use for neutral. is there a specific way ? thanks acestu
  12. R

    AM2 help

    I have AM2 resit tomo. Failed the bloody fault rectification.Any tips would be appreciated. i have an example job card and the circuit identification says RYB3. Obviously its 3 phase. I reckonise cicuits to b identified by 1L1 1L2 1L3 2L1 2L2 2L3 Can any1 help me with this RYB3. Red...
  13. L

    old colours

    I need to run a 16m swa for a new mains board in a extension (not possible to wire new circuits from existing mains board) can I use old colour cable, I found it today looking through my old stock.
  14. J

    Church lighting/FP colours

    I have been asked to design a new lighting scheme for a local tradional village Church. I am having difficulty finding an appropriate pendant style light fitting that will blend in to the tradional structure (oak beams lime wash walls). metal halide or a phillips type flourescent lamp type...
  15. D

    BS3036 Colours

    Could someone tell me where i can find the what colours relate to what fuse rating for a BS3036 fuse. Got a question that is confusing me, it says "A newly installed domestic lighting circuit would protected by a BS3036 type fuse would normally be", then it goes on to give 4 possible answers...
  16. E

    Old conductor colours in new installation

    I'm starting a refurb of a large factory unit, splitting it into several smaller units. the main pannel is being upgraded and there will be new supplies to each new unit with a new DB in each. basicaly its a brand new elec installtion in an old building. The client has asked for the existing...
  17. P

    different countries different colours

    hi to all reading this got sent over to uk by the company i work for to instal data server units,comms room would not be signed off till we had installed all equitment and working.light and power still been worked on by main contractor and noticed that t+e cable was been used for drops down to...
  18. H

    Crimp colours

    Good Evening all can someone explain to me the colour system on crimps i believe they refere to amp ratings ? Thanks for any replies :)
  19. L

    Cable sizes / New colours

    Found this today on pir:) Nuff said i think! (this is a socket outlet by the way)
  20. O

    Old colours

    This may be stupid question, but here goes. If you have a reel of old colour cable, unused (red, black, T&E), can you still use it if correctly colour coded when installed? In the interests of recycling etc etc.

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