[Boatanchors] Replacement Power cord for an Halli HT-37

[Robert Nickels]

On 12/10/2012 3:08 PM, rbethman wrote:
> We are all used to white/black/green.  The international colors are 
> NOT the same
HOT:    (US) Black  =  (EU)  Brown   (brass screw)
GROUNDED (Neutral)    (US) White  =  (EU)  Blue   (silver screw and the 
wide, broad flat blade of the plug)
GROUNDING  (US) Green  =  (EU)  Green/Yellow  (green screw)

Not to get into nit-picking, but according to the terminology in the CEC 
and NEC, the "grounding" conductor is for the safety ground, i.e., the 
green or bare or green with a yellow stripe wire.  These standards 
reserve the word "neutral"  for the white when you have a circuit with 
more than  one "hot" wire.  Since the white wire is connected to neutral 
and the grounding conductor inside the panel, the proper term is 
"grounded conductor".     The important thing to remember is that the 
groundED conductor carries the full load current and the groundING 
conductor never does so unless there is a fault, and that's why in the 
US, no other connections from neutral to ground are allowed.    But 
using these terms helps me remember why things are done the way the code 
specifies they should be done.

But I'd urge you to check all the above on any cordset you plan to 
re-use, as I've seen IECr cords made (obviously by some third world 
sweatshop) with the brown and blue reversed.

73, Bob W9RAN


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