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awemawson:
I bought a nifty little light to put on my Dormer Drill Sharpener. Intended as a 'Sewing Machine Light' it is mains driven and magnetically attached and does exactly what I wanted.

BUT - just look at the cable colours they've used - PINK & GREEN  :bugeye: Does any country use that as a standard? I notice that they are not 'CE' marked, but I'm not sure the CE system would cover cable colours :scratch:

This is the item, and very good for £4.49 including postage:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221970300546?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

mexican jon:
An Extract from Extract from EN 60204-1:2006

13.2.4 Identification by colour

Where colour-coding is used for identification of conductors (other than the protective conductor (see 13.2.2)), the following colours may be used

BLACK, BROWN, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE (including LIGHT BLUE), VIOLET, GREY, WHITE, PINK, TURQUOISE.

The above is mainly in connection with panel wiring  :scratch:

"CE" marking does include the colour of cable cores  :thumbup: And within the countries that recognise the "CE" marking that cable would not be allowed  :(

John Swift:
Hi Andrew

 I can't  think of any country that uses green and pink for mains cable
may be its  China Export  telecom cable  :zap:

  John

hermetic:
I certainly dont know anywhere that uses those colours, and i am pretty sure CE covers cable colours, which are of course whatever the EEC think they should be this year! Seriously, since China said that CE stood for China Export. and given that anyone can now import direct from Hong Kong or China(like you did) as single items which are mostly not CE marked .Don't worry about it, just another sign of the falling standards internationally as we move into the "dross age".To be honest, I have done it as well, and most of the stuff is reasonable quality, and very cheap, but there is stuff about that is unsafe, as the recent spate of firebomb hoverboards has illustrated, but having said that,,my kids Ipad chargers get really hot and they couldnt possibly be made in china, coulod they? :D
Phil

lordedmond:
What's the voltage Andrew?

Bet it's 12 volts  then anything goes


I worked on some Croning shell moulding machines made in Germany and they used red as earth internly for panel wiring


I have not used the term LV because that's up to 415vac makes you think

Stuart

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