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  • Black or red? Live or neutral?
  • sc-xc
    Full Member

    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?

    nixie
    Full Member

    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.

    ads678
    Full Member

    Black to red, blue (blew) to bits!!

    Surely red is live.

    stuey
    Free Member

    Yup – a.c. side shouldn’t matter which way round.

    johndrummer
    Free Member

    Adaptor for me

    andytherocketeer
    Full Member

    US stuff has black=live, white=neutral (which is possibly where the black confusion on the ‘net arises?)

    sc-xc
    Full Member

    Thanks all…will hopefully report back if the house doesn’t explode.

    wrightyson
    Free Member

    Red is live.

    jerrys
    Free Member

    Surely red is the colour of mud, so it must be earth ? 🙂

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