Blue And Brown Wires Nz. Eu australia south africa iec 60446 brown. As you can see below the new rule for european uk the brown is phase 1 while blue is neutral. Australia new zealand as nzs 3000 2007 3 8 1 brown.
World region country or other entity ies live neutral protective earth ground. To harmonise wire colours 2 core cable changed from live red to live brown neutral black to neutral blue and earth remaining bare or green yellow. Current australian colour code multiphase. If you are running 220 volt or more then you will probably have multiple hot wires connecting to the fixture s brown wire and blue wire.
Brown is your hot wire so you want to connect that to your building s black wire.
Brown replaces the old style red for the phase or active connection. If you are running 220 volt or more then you will probably have multiple hot wires connecting to the fixture s brown wire and blue wire. Assuming you are asking about the flexible cord going from an appliance to its plug the standard wire colors for flexible cable such as extension cords power line cords and lamp cords are. 3 core cable was changed from red live to brown live neutral blue to neutral grey additional from yellow to black with earth bare or green yellow. To harmonise wire colours 2 core cable changed from live red to live brown neutral black to neutral blue and earth remaining bare or green yellow.