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Posted by Gary on December 17, 2006, 11:34 pm
I was at home depot the other day and noticed rolls of 14/2 that had blue
jacketing. i asked the fellow what it was for and he says a code is being
proposed that blue wire be used for circuts on arc fault breakers like for
bedroom outlets so it is easy to distinguish for the inspector.
># Fred # wrote:
>> My house has one set of romex with an overall outer cover jacket black
>> and the other white. Is there a standard convention like one color for
>> lighting and the other for power or something else?
>
> No, although it seems that there is an unofficial color code for romex
> jackets in use nowadays. 14/2 is generally white and 12/2 is generally
> yellow. this just makes it less likely for an installer to grab the wrong
> spool of wire when working fast.
>
> In my house, however, I have at least one run of 14/2 with a blue jacket
> (which I think is now generally used for 10/2?) and one run of 12/2 with a
> black jacket. Since there's no OFFICIAL color code the mfgr. can make it
> any color they want.
>
> nate
>
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