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Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.
Green is always ground or a bare copper wire is also used. Depending on the voltage power is black, red, blue, and white is the neutral on a 120/ 240 volt system. On a 277/480 volt system power is brown, orange, yellow, and gray for neutral conductor.

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Before you do any work yourself,
on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,
always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

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