Very often we find ourselves striping wires cutting wires splicing or simply removing a cigarette lighter plug to then hardwire the wire.
Blue and white wire which is positive.
For a two wire system with a positive ground the positive wire is white and the negative wire is black.
So which is negative and which is positive.
Recognize that the black wire is the positive one the white wire is the negative one and the green wire is the ground.
If you find wires in either of these colors you ve located the neutral wires.
Identify the black positive wire on a ceiling light fixture.
White and gray electrical wires.
In some uncommon situations one phase will have a higher voltage than the others.
Take a look at the wire and you will notice a solid dashed or otherwise marked wire.
Us ac the us national electrical code only mandates white or grey for the neutral power conductor and bare copper green or green with yellow stripe for the protective ground in principle any other colors except these may be used for the power conductors.
Then blue wires are most often used as travelers for three or four way switches for instance if you have switches at the top and bottom of a staircase that control the same light that s a three way switch.
For a two wire system with a negative ground the positive wire is red and the negative wire is white.
When you re hanging a chandelier or any other ceiling light first find the 3 wires coming out of the hole in the ceiling where the light will go.
Lastly there are three wire systems that feature a center tap wire which is colored white.
Brown orange and.
Ground ground wiring can be green or green with a yellow stripe.
That wire is your positive.
These are known as high leg connections.
Neutral neutral wiring should be white.
The colors white and gray indicate a neutral wire.
Black red and blue are used for 208 vac three phase.
White is most.
Phase 3 phase 3 wiring should be blue.
Yellow wires are used as switch legs to ceiling fans structural lights and outlets paired with light switches while blue wires are usually used as travelers for three or four way switches.
So first they made it into 64 pairs of two wires each there were other advantages and then using 6 colors and having a second color for the second wire e g.
White orange white blue red green they could have a means of identifying each of the 64 pairs of wire.
White and gray electrical wires.