On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > da...@lang.hm wrote: >> >> actually, I believe that there are cases where the green wire can be >> labled with tape and used to carry power. > > I do not beleive that the Fire Codes allow that at all. The problem is > not a the two ends, but in the junction box in the middle. A green (or > green and yellow) wire is always ground. This is opposed to neutral, > while also being at ground potentiali, which carries current. > > Some installations use bare copper as ground.
I know that there is something in the standard allowing for wires to be used for purposes other than what their color codes would normally indicate. when this is done it needs to be done at every point that the wire is cut (including in junction boxes) I don't know if there is an exception to this that says that green wires cannot be used this way, I don't remember reading it, but it may be there. David Lang _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
