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[Glen Kippel]

OK, what I meant to say was that, while NEC does not apply to internal
wiring of a manufactured product, it is plausible that GE may have carried
across this convention to areas where is would not normally be applied.

On 12/30/06, PeterH5322 <peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com> wrote:
>
>
> >> While I can't confirm that, "hot" black conforms to National Electrical
> >> Code, thus it would seem plausible.
> >
> > Unless I'm badly mistaken, green is ground, white neutral, and
> > any other color is hot.
>
> NEC applies primarily to branch circuits and to feeders, which are, by
> definition, internal to a premises, but external to an equipment.
> (Electric utilities are exempt).
>
> NEC does NOT apply to internal wiring of a manufactured product. (UL may
> apply to consumer apparatus, but NOT to so-called "professional"
> equipment. NEC also has exemptions for so-called "professional"
> equipment. "Professional" equipment is presumend to be operated by a
> skilled person).
>
> One manufacturer I am quite familiar with has ALWAYS employed black wire
> within its units. The ends are numbered at the terminals, and in some
> cases those numbers may be printed along the length of the wire.
>
> The black, red, white, green convention really only applies to the very
> first connection point to the equipment, which may be a fusible safety
> switch, or a hard-wired terminal block.
>
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