[email protected],Internet writes: >Unless I am missing something, I see no reason why I can't allow our >North American black and white wiring colours to be used for the line >and neutral wiring INSIDE a product, even though that product is >destined for CE-marking and European sales. EN60950 only limits the use >of green/yellow wiring. As far as I can see, it does not mandate the >blue/brown colour code. > >Does anyone disagree? Thanks. > > >Regards, > >Jim Eichner >Statpower Technologies Corporation >[email protected] >http://www.statpower.com >Any opinions expressed are those of my invisible friend, who really >exists. Honest. > > Jim,
I know of no reason you cannot use other than brown / blue inside your product. I have had occasion to use both intermixed in a product. The TUV guys preferred that brown/blue was the mains wiring up to the primary of the transformer. The secondary side was mixed with black/white. Never saw a requirement in writing but eventually got tired of explaining so we now use brown/blue exclusively for anything mains related. In fact, we prohibit brown/blue for use on any other voltage than mains. And as always, green / yellow is the only earth ground color; again, its use is exclusive. We have no problem from CSA with this scheme. Regards, Scott [email protected]
