Oh!! Brown goes to the terminal with the fuse (live), blue to the neutral 
(other lower pin). The brown line is the one on the right as you plug it in to 
the socket of the yoyo. So, as you look down on the yoyo, the visible pins, 
left to right is neutral, live and if there's a top pin, earth. Does that make 
sense?

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On 23 Oct 2010, at 16:41, Daniel Usmar <[email protected]> wrote:

> That's exactly what I'm trying to do - stick a UK 3-pin plug on it.  So the 
> question is, which one's the live?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> On 23 Oct 2010, at 12:46, Matt Emson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> With AC, it doesn't really matter unless you have a system like we do in the 
>> UK. In the UK the wires are green- yellow striped, brown and blue, and brown 
>> being live, blue neutral and the other is earth. Brown goes to the fuse in 
>> the plug. You don't get 2 pinned plugs, ever. The fuse in the plug augments 
>> the fusebox. 
>> 
>> In reality, a 2 pin system will likely work either way round, as AC cycles, 
>> rather that sending direct current. 
>> 
>> My UK yoyo does not use the third pin at all (no connection to the 
>> terminal), so 2 pin should 
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