electric wires

[justlizz]

this might sound silly to you but I need to know the American wire colours as they are not the same as ours white/black/ blue which is live earth and neutral thanks
lizz

[SAABDOCTOR]

ac line or dc line?

[hankpage]

Originally Posted by justlizz

this might sound silly to you but I need to know the American wire colours as they are not the same as ours white/black/ blue which is live earth and neutral thanks
lizz

120v ac ..... red or black = live .... white = neutral .... green or bare = earth ground.

dc ... for some reason the rv industry has gone against other users and has white as negative and black or red as positive. Individual circuits can use any combination of colors along with tracers of different colors. Testing is the only sure way to tell.

[SAABDOCTOR]

sorry i had to cut my post short way too many people in the office asking questions. lost my train of thought and never finished hoever now that my tired old brain is back on track i see you got your answer. back to my volvo with the fried wire harness

[justlizz]

thank you the reason I asked is the UK outside plugs are to big to fit in to change from the US ones so we have a US lead with UK other end but the plug is converted to UK electric BUT in cleaning out my Amerilite I have lost the lead I managed to get lead from ebay and as we are off to Holland in a couple of weeks and as my new van sets sail across the pond tomorrow it will not be here in time so have to repack Amerilite for a couple of weeks then unpack to change over again but hopefully it will be waiting for us when we get home with all the convertions done
lizz

[hankaye]

justlizz, Howdy;

What is the Mains voltage that you are dealing with in UK/Low Country?
Thinking along the lines of 210 220 ??? Also it is most likely 50 cycle as
opposed to the 60 cycle we deal with here in The States. May be some other
issues you may have to deal with as well. Just throwing this out there so you
can ponder it while you enjoy the Low Country..

hankaye

[justlizz]

Hi the electric is all changed over to UK standard the only thing that they leave for me is the outside plug US but UK power
lizz

[hankaye]

justlizz, Howdy;

Perhaps a call to a local electrician may be the best
route to take for a Happy Hook-up.

hankaye