We hear the latest and greatest on HGTV and similar programs about color coordinating your house with your accessories to bring out all the pizzazz a oomph to your home. But, you knew that this was coming, color coordination is also important in electrical wiring.
Having been a licensed electrician and electrical engineer, yes, licensed electricians, or supposedly so, are supposed to know what the wire color coding standards are for residential, commercial and industrial applications PEROD. HVAC contractors in the State of Tennessee must also be licensed electricians. What is common to all industries is the color green. Green is the universal color code for ground or earth ground and is not to be used for any other purpose than grounding appliances, equipment, or house hold items. The black neutral wire in the upper left background is supposed to be white. DUH!
While inspecting a rehab in Nashville, Tennessee’s East side, with a brand new HVAC unit, I opened a panel for the HVAC system and found that the wires powering the unit, although appropriately sized, were the wrong color for the application. It just goes to show the inept or lazy workforce that we have out there working on our homes. Maybe they thought that no body would know or catch them. Heh, Heh, Heh, I did.
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