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Posted by Jim on September 27, 2007, 4:16 pm
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>-> [In realith, 220 shouldn't be a surprise even if you only have
> -> a black and white wire. Think 220-only circuits. Like electric
> -> baseboards and perfectly legal practise of using ordinary wire,
> -> rather than the somewhat less common black+red+ground/no white
> -> wire.]
> -> --
> -> Chris Lewis,
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> All the electricians I know, when they do that, wrap some red tape
> around the white wire, so anyone who sees it will realize that it isn't
> a neutral wire, but a live one with the opposite phase from the black
> wire.
>
> I don't know if doing this is obligatory, but it makes a lot of sense.
(*) Light bulb!
I remember seeing my dad do this 40yrs ago and he was a Canuck. Now it's
all coming back to me.....
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> dow
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