rob_gould
Well-known member
Hi All,
Following a move to the Netherlands, I've stumbled across something which has got me scratching my head
Just trying to put European plugs onto some of my gear, it seems there's no convention about which way round live and neutral should go.
Of course, this kind of makes sense since the plugs themselves can go into the wall sockets either way, thus potentially undoing any effort to wire the plug 'correctly' .
But it feels very wrong having done this so many times in Britain where as a youngster I had
bLue = Left
bRown = Right
drilled into me as a kid when wiring a plug; a rule that is never deviated from in the UK
Of course, as long as both live and neutral are isolated from the equipment by a suitable DPDT switch rather than only live or only neutral being part of the on / off switch, it doesn't really matter.
Or does it?
There's no special convention I'm missing here is there?
Cheers
Rob
Following a move to the Netherlands, I've stumbled across something which has got me scratching my head
Just trying to put European plugs onto some of my gear, it seems there's no convention about which way round live and neutral should go.
Of course, this kind of makes sense since the plugs themselves can go into the wall sockets either way, thus potentially undoing any effort to wire the plug 'correctly' .
But it feels very wrong having done this so many times in Britain where as a youngster I had
bLue = Left
bRown = Right
drilled into me as a kid when wiring a plug; a rule that is never deviated from in the UK
Of course, as long as both live and neutral are isolated from the equipment by a suitable DPDT switch rather than only live or only neutral being part of the on / off switch, it doesn't really matter.
Or does it?
There's no special convention I'm missing here is there?
Cheers
Rob