What colors are Hot or Live wires and what colors are Ground or Earth wires?

Answer 1

Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.

• the Hot or Live wire is a color other than white, green or gray. The most frequently used color for a hot wire is Black, followed by Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Brown. Some colors are conventionally used for specific types of hot wires. For example three-phase connections.
• the Neutral wire is colored White or Commercial Gray
• the Ground or Earth wire is colored Green or is bare wire. Sometimes the Ground is Green with a yellow stripe--this is most often used for isolated grounds.

Answer for countries in Europe and other world areas running a 50 Hz supply service.

• the Live or Hot wire wire is coloured Brown
• the Neutral wire is coloured Blue
• the Earth or Ground wire is coloured Green and Yellow

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Answer 2

residential-usually black. sometimes red or blue. White is your neutral and green or bare copper is ground. And when you see a black wire spliced to a white wire, this indicates a switch leg usually.

Answer 3

Hot or live wires are typically black, red, or blue, while ground or earth wires are typically green or bare copper. It's important to consult electrical regulations in your country as wire colors can vary. Remember to always turn off power before working on electrical systems.