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Anyone familiar with blue sheathed 14/2? gary 08-02-2006
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Posted by gary on August 2, 2006, 11:50 pm
I was in Home Depot yesterday and noticed they had blue sheathed 14/3. What
is that for? It looks just like the white sheathed wire. I know that 12/3
is now yellow. But the blue....???

Gary



Posted by Bill on August 3, 2006, 9:00 am
Might be a way to easily identify wiring. The 10/3 is orange now. All used
to be the same color, and it makes it easier to see what you have installed.
What's wrong with blue? Better than pink.

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>I was in Home Depot yesterday and noticed they had blue sheathed 14/3.
>What
> is that for? It looks just like the white sheathed wire. I know that
> 12/3
> is now yellow. But the blue....???
>
> Gary
>



Posted by RicodJour on August 3, 2006, 9:18 am
gary wrote:
> I was in Home Depot yesterday and noticed they had blue sheathed 14/3. What
> is that for? It looks just like the white sheathed wire. I know that 12/3
> is now yellow. But the blue....???

Long overdue development. Makes inspection and line tracing far
easier.

BTW, you wrote 14/2 in the subject line. You meant 14/3 as in the body
of your post, right?

R


Posted by gary on August 3, 2006, 6:53 pm
oops I meant 14/2


> gary wrote:
>> I was in Home Depot yesterday and noticed they had blue sheathed 14/3.
>> What
>> is that for? It looks just like the white sheathed wire. I know that
>> 12/3
>> is now yellow. But the blue....???
>
> Long overdue development. Makes inspection and line tracing far
> easier.
>
> BTW, you wrote 14/2 in the subject line. You meant 14/3 as in the body
> of your post, right?
>
> R
>



Posted by PPS on August 11, 2006, 7:36 pm
Only certain colors are reserved for use in electrical wiring, green & green
with yellow stripes for grounding conductors, white, gray or three white
stripes for grounded (often this is also a neutral) conductors and on a
4-wire, delta-connected system where one leg is grounded at midpoint, the
conductor with the higher voltage to ground is identified orange. (The are
some exceptions to there, but these are the most common.

That then leaves all the other colors available to indicate hot conductor.
Using a specific color could have advantages in three-way circuits, multiple
smoke-alarms that are required to trigger together, etc.


>I was in Home Depot yesterday and noticed they had blue sheathed 14/3.
>What
> is that for? It looks just like the white sheathed wire. I know that
> 12/3
> is now yellow. But the blue....???
>
> Gary
>



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