In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Niall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Iain Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:09 AM >Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Re: re: boat fitting question > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Julian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:51 AM >> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Re: re: boat fitting question >> >> > >>> >>> Yes but you can only use it on AC mains as all 12/24volt wiring should be >>> in red and black. Brown and blue is reserved for mains >>> voltages............ >>> >> >> As is yellow and green > >Yeah, and they're so concerned that we use the right colours that last year >they changed the colours for 3 phase cable so that blue, which had been a >phase for many years, is now... neutral. I mean, what could possibly go >wrong with that? >You have to put a sticker on it " This installation uses cables colours to >two versions of BS whatever..." Add that to the common habit of using 3 core >armoured as single phase with live = red, neutral = blue and earth = yellow >maybe with a bit of G/Y tape on it... > The rules that I was citing are nothing to do with BS7671:2001 with its amendments but are from the marine side including the RCD.
I believe that BS7671 has now said that DC wiring has to change as well lets see how the marine side deals with that......... -- Julian Tether Barge Parglena e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
