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Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Wires are so special with colors

Whatever wires you have,it's always colorful!! Wires are amazing as always acts like a nerve to the electricity. Many wiring in electrical panel,house wiring, are connect with colorful of wires So why colors are so vital to wires and what's the important role to wired wires according to colors.
To know about why colors are important, we need to know what standard our country is using. The major standard are using in electrical panel are IEC standard or NEC Standard,
This standards are decide the color for each conductor are used in wiring. Like Live for red color, Neutral for blue color and Earth for green for yellow green strip.




Like in my country Malaysia are IEC British Standard, so my country follows British standard. While in America and Japan, follow NEC means used national standard. Mean while even the generation to homes and Industrial are also determine by these standard. In Malaysia used 240V for single phase and 415V in three phase with 50Hz or 60Hz. While in America and Japan Use 120V for single phase and 240V for three phase with 60Hz.
Now lets get back to the color thing. So why colored wires are introduce among countries with several standards. The reason are wires need to connect in right connection according to the functions of color wires. Furthermore, It's easy to do maintenance which wires are connect to the right color and function. This will easy to to do maintenance by recognizing the right color of wire.

At last, wires are play important role in electrical systems. A right wire give a right connection. If the connection wring, you will get some shocking moments!!!! So let make right connection to give power our homes.

 ELECTRIFYING FACT OF THE DAY
PEOPLE WHO SUFFER COLOR BLINDNESS HAVE HARD TIME TO SEE THE  COLOR OF LIVE AS RED WIRE AND EARTH AS GREEN WIRE.

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