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I’m trying to change the 2 pin euro style plug on a battery charger to a uk plug.
i know how to wire a uk plug, but this bastard has got a black wire and a red wire.
Some things on the net suggest black is live, and others suggest red is live.
gamble all on red?
Posted : 19/09/2018 11:10 pm
Does it matter? Euro plug can go in either way so the equipment doesn't care. Me I'd go red or just use an adaptor.
Posted : 19/09/2018 11:15 pm
Black to red, blue (blew) to bits!!
Surely red is live.
Posted : 19/09/2018 11:15 pm
Yup - a.c. side shouldn't matter which way round.
Posted : 19/09/2018 11:16 pm
Adaptor for me
Posted : 19/09/2018 11:17 pm
US stuff has black=live, white=neutral (which is possibly where the black confusion on the 'net arises?)
Posted : 19/09/2018 11:26 pm
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Thanks all...will hopefully report back if the house doesn’t explode.
Posted : 19/09/2018 11:54 pm
Red is live.
Posted : 20/09/2018 6:48 am
Surely red is the colour of mud, so it must be earth ? 🙂
Posted : 20/09/2018 11:21 am