Scott,
No requirements for internal wires other than green yellow which must be used for grounding All the Best Peter Sent from my iPhone Peter S. Merguerian [email protected] Go Global Compliance Inc. www.goglobalcompliance.com (408) 931-3303 On Apr 6, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Scott Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > For ITE (60950-1) and A/V (60065) products a question of color came up today. > > I told an ODM they had to use Brown (Line), Blue (Neutral), and Green/Yellow > (PE) colors for AC Mains wiring inside the product. They replied that the > current standard does not require Brown and Blue. I looked in my several > years old copies of the standards (UL, CSA, IEC) and the only color I can > find is Green/Yellow for Protective Earth. > > For years I have been requiring and getting AC Mains within a product to be > Brown, Blue, Green/Yellow. For whatever reason, this just that way it was and > everybody knew it and used those colors. > > Since I cannot find that requirement in either of the standards, can anyone > tell my why I have been insisting on them all these years? Where does the > requirement come from? BFIF, I also recall that UL accepts Brown, Blue, and > Green/Yellow within domestic products. So where does that that > allowance/acceptance come from? > > This is not for external power cords, but hook-up wire inside the product. > > I am looking for page, paragraph, and rule - something in writing just so I > know that I have not been on the happy wagon all these years. > > Here's to hoping someone can tell me I have not been dreaming all this time. > > Regards, > Scott > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> > David Heald: <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
