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Posted by EXT on February 14, 2008, 9:31 pm
Europe does not have a true neutral, it is actually a grounded leg of the
240 volt power line.
> RBM wrote:
>>
>>>A diagram for a Bosch sander I have shows a brown (braun) and a blue
>>>(blau)
>>>wire from the cord. It shows which goes where to the switch. The existing
>>>cord is a US cord with, of course, a black and a white. I had to get a
>>>new
>>>switch and did not note which went where on the old switch.
>>>
>>>Checking the new swith input and output terminals I found which is
>>>neutral
>>>(US the white wire) because this is always on regardless of switch
>>>position. This has to be for the white wire since the golden rule is
>>>white
>>>wire never gets interupted by a device.
>>>
>>>
>>>So, from the diagram it seems that European (German anyway) that brown is
>>>hot and blue is neutral. Anyone really confirm this?
>>
>>
>> Correct: Blue is neutral, Brown is hot
>
> That makes no damn sense, as brown is ground on German cars.
>
> Of course, we have plenty of white wires used as hot on American cars
> too...
>
> nate
>
>
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