[BC] WLW DAVE

[Gary Glaenzer]

that was my original point:

usually when a piece of broadcast gear has a black wire, that wire is at
ground potential

not 'hot'



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] WLW DAVE


> 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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