Re: apologies to the group, and an electrical question

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:51:47 +0100, Richard Crowley <rcrowley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

> "David McCall"  wrote ...
>> I had a colorblind guy in New York city get blue and green mixed up.
>> Fortunately I caught it before anybody touched anything.
>
> That was one of the good things about the OLD standard
> (black = hot, and white = neutral).  But I notice that now
> the eurostandard power cables come with a green safety
> ground wire with a yellow stripe (vs. solid color).  Perhaps
> that was meant to work around the colorblindness problem.
>

Yup, that was also the argument for brown for phase & blue for neutral as 

apparently that's the least common likelihood of confusion.


> For whatever politically-incorrect reason, most electricians
> are likely male, and red/green colorblindness is one of the
> most common types in men.
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