This is what I was thinking of (from 60950):
CL 2.6.3.5 ... – for an earthing braid, the insulation shall be either green-and-yellow or transparent; ... and from Annex NAA (obviously not applicable worldwide): Bare, covered or insulated earthing conductors are acceptable. A covered or insulated earthing conductor shall have a continuous outer finish that is either green, or green with one or more yellow stripes. On 4/7/12, Richard Nute <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Ken: > > > Any internal conductor that carries fault current > to ground must be green-yellow (and must be the > required size). Alternatively, the conductor may > be bare, or may have transparent insulation. > > Green-yellow (or yellow-green) was a compromise > between yellow ground in Europe and green ground > in North America. > > Other internal conductors connected to ground may > be any color. > > > Best regards, > Rich > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of IBM Ken >> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 12:42 PM >> To: John Woodgate >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Color of Mains Wiring >> >> >> For the ground/bond, can't you also use plain green wiring (yellow >> tracer optional) or bare copper? Perhaps this is just in 60950... >> > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
