Light Wire Colour Codes Australia. The chief purpose of a green wire is to offer a passage to the ground for a circuit s electric current in the event that a live wire in the connection system has come into contact with either metal or any other conductive item. Electrical wiring colour codes in australia we use a somewhat confusing mixed colour coding system. Our equipment wiring and our installation wiring i e.
Active brown neutral light blue earth green yellow. The preferred wiring colour codes for a three phase four wire system is as follows. The list below outlines what the different colour codes mean for both single and multi phased. World region country or other entity ies live neutral protective earth ground.
The old as nzs black neutral wire colour was replaced by a blue neutral wire.
Phase 1 brown phase 2 black. Electrical wiring colour codes in australia we use a somewhat confusing mixed colour coding system. 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. The chief purpose of a green wire is to offer a passage to the ground for a circuit s electric current in the event that a live wire in the connection system has come into contact with either metal or any other conductive item. The list below outlines what the different colour codes mean for both single and multi phased.