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Having done this for many years, the best answer I can give you is: A hot wire can be any color. I say this not only because in the U.S., hot wires are allowed to be any color except green, white, or grey; But also because you never know what the person before you did. Sometimes they have even used green, white, or grey as a hot wire (illegally). Not only this, but since there doesn't seem to be any standard, a piece of equipment may be using just about any color as well as a hot. Your best bet for equipment is to find the wiring diagram, and for a circuit coming from a panelboard, to use a meter to determine what is what.
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