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Why are there 3 pins to the plug?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Because the mains supply has three wires. The Live wire (brown) is the power from the mains. The Neutral (blue) is the return to the mains (completing the circuit). The Earth (green/yellow stripe) - is the 'safety trip'.

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