Re: Green?

From	NY <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups	uk.tech.digital-tv
Subject	Re: Green?
Date	2026-09-13 21:28 +0100
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On 08/09/2026 09:13, Tweed wrote:
> New appliances and mains plugs intended for you to fit yourself are
> supposed to come with a wiring diagram safety card fitted round the pins.
> That card shows how to wire the plug and also details the colour of the
> wires.

I have had to wire removable plugs onto several appliances in the 
kitchen when the cable has been fed through a cable-sized hole in the 
kitchen cabinets. For example, the socket for the dishwasher is inside a 
cupboard that is alongside the gap where the dishwasher goes. Maybe the 
previous owners of our house had it done like that to keep the mains 
socket separate from the water supply and drain hose.

The dishwasher that was already in the house had had the moulded plug 
cut off and a removable one fitted in its place after the cable had been 
fed through the hole in the cabinet. When we had to replace that 
dishwasher, I chose to make up my own short extension lead (wire a plug 
on one end and a socket on the other, with the cupboards wall in 
between) so as to preserve the moulded on plug, because some appliance 
manufacturers say that replacing the plug voids the whole warranty.

I hope I did a textbook job of cutting the wires to the correct lengths, 
so the live and neutral wires are shorter than the earth so if the cable 
is yanked hard, L and N detach before E. And I twisted the strands of 
the wires and pared back only just enough to allow the wire, folded back 
on itself, to fit into the hole in the pin, without protruding beyond 
the far side or leaving exposed wire between pin and insulation. And 
then I screwed the cable clamp and proved that tugging on the cable did 
not cause it to pull on the wires.

I know the old red/black/green and new brown/blue/green-and-yellow wire 
colours (LNE, in that order). I'm not so familiar with fuse colours, so 
I always check the number (3 or 13 amp) to be certain. I do a quick 
calculation to make sure that I only use a 13 A fuse for an appliance 
that actually needs it.

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Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 08:24 +0100
  Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-04 08:09 +0000
    Re: Green? Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-04 10:52 +0100
    Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 11:32 +0100
  Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-04 10:30 +0100
    Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 11:31 +0100
      Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-04 12:18 +0100
        Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 23:09 +0100
          Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:00 +0100
        Re: Green? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-05 07:50 +0100
      Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-05 09:37 +0100
        Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-05 20:55 +0100
          Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-08 13:51 +0100
            Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-08 14:22 +0100
              Re: Green? Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2026-09-08 15:00 +0100
                Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-08 19:12 +0100
      Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 09:57 +0100
    Re: Green? Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2026-09-04 11:46 +0100
      Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:02 +0100
    Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-04 12:11 +0100
      Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-04 13:26 +0100
      Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-04 23:06 +0100
        Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-05 00:02 +0100
          Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-05 06:15 +0000
            Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-05 08:15 +0100
            Re: Green? David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-05 09:19 +0100
          Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:12 +0100
          Re: Green? John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2026-09-06 20:40 +0100
            Re: Green? Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-07 09:00 +0100
              Re: Green? Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-09-07 12:12 +0100
                Re: Green? Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 08:54 +0100
                Re: Green? Norman Wells <hex@unseen.ac.am> - 2026-09-08 09:04 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 08:13 +0000
                Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-08 10:10 +0100
                Re: Green? NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-13 21:28 +0100
                Re: Green? Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> - 2026-09-14 09:46 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-14 10:19 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-14 11:02 +0100
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-14 19:07 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-14 21:54 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-15 05:34 +0000
                Re: Green? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-15 09:38 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-15 08:48 +0000
                Re: Green? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-15 09:54 +0100
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-15 09:37 +0100
                Re: Green? Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-09-15 09:02 +0000
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-15 09:27 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-15 10:36 +0100
                Re: Green? Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-09-15 11:03 +0100
                Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-15 11:28 +0100
                Re: Green? JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-08 10:02 +0100
                Re: Green? Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 20:14 +0100
                Re: Green? Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> - 2026-09-12 00:33 +0100
                Re: Green? Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2026-09-18 11:29 +0000
              Re: Green? John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 18:47 +0100
        Re: Green? alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-09-05 10:05 +0100
          Re: Green? Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> - 2026-09-05 11:21 +0100
    Re: Green? Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-09-04 12:12 +0100
      Re: Green? Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-04 18:31 +0100
    Re: Green? Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> - 2026-09-08 18:48 +0100

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