Electrical Wire Colors Australia. Orange phase 1 or line 1 l1. Are the ground wire and are used for grounding the electrical circuit. Ground wires can be a bare wire a green wire or a green wire with a small yellow stripe.
Here s a photo of wires coming out of my ceiling grey yellow green and black and the wires going into a ceiling lamp brown and blue. For example in canada you can find red black and blue wires for three phase whereas in australia it is yellow blue and black. Neutral light blue. Canada cec ac single three phase wiring color codes.
For example in canada you can find red black and blue wires for three phase whereas in australia it is yellow blue and black.
The list below outlines what the different colour codes mean for both single and multi phased. The dark blue red white is the common convention used behind 3 phase outlets in australia and would abide with both as nzs 3000 and as nzs 3100. It signifies the positive side of the circuit. The earth wire in australia is green but sometimes will have yellow markings. Green bare or green yellow ground pg.