Comments on: Yes, electrical wire colors do matter https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: nickleadmin https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-40 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:39:41 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-40 In reply to Nina Yeckes.

Nina – your best bet is to call a professional local electrician.

]]> By: nickleadmin https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-771 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:39:41 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-771 In reply to Nina Yeckes.

Nina – your best bet is to call a professional local electrician.

]]> By: Nina Yeckes https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-39 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:11:17 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-39 My husband is trying to replace a garbage disposal. The power cord that he disconnected from the old one only has 2 black wires and he’s not sure which of the 2 connect to the black and white ones on the new disposal. Please help

]]> By: Nina Yeckes https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-770 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:11:17 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-770 My husband is trying to replace a garbage disposal. The power cord that he disconnected from the old one only has 2 black wires and he’s not sure which of the 2 connect to the black and white ones on the new disposal. Please help

]]> By: Flatrate Network Cabling https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-38 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:08:30 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-38 This is great! The quickest way to identify house electrical wiring is by its color. A number of different colors may be used for the hot wire in various types of switch wiring. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Flatrate Network Cabling https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-769 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:08:30 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-769 This is great! The quickest way to identify house electrical wiring is by its color. A number of different colors may be used for the hot wire in various types of switch wiring. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Luke https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-37 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:59:13 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-37 That is not to say that you cannot use different colors for different things. Essentially the colors don’t matter as long as you match the appropriate color at one end with the matching color at the other end. A lot of diagrams will tell you that orange means TXD or that blue means GND, etc etc. where in reality they truly have no definition every color is just a standard copper wire sending a signal from one end to the other as a slave. So you could literally, completely disassemble any braided cord that you wanted to and re-utilize it for any other device that you wanted to. The only thing that you need to remember is that you need to match one end to the other end of the same color. Essentially the colors are not encoded or programmed to do any one specific functionality. They are just a grouping of copper wires that will receive and transmit a signal down a line at the mercy of the device which they’re connected to. A wire is what you make it.

]]> By: Luke https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-768 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:59:13 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-768 That is not to say that you cannot use different colors for different things. Essentially the colors don’t matter as long as you match the appropriate color at one end with the matching color at the other end. A lot of diagrams will tell you that orange means TXD or that blue means GND, etc etc. where in reality they truly have no definition every color is just a standard copper wire sending a signal from one end to the other as a slave. So you could literally, completely disassemble any braided cord that you wanted to and re-utilize it for any other device that you wanted to. The only thing that you need to remember is that you need to match one end to the other end of the same color. Essentially the colors are not encoded or programmed to do any one specific functionality. They are just a grouping of copper wires that will receive and transmit a signal down a line at the mercy of the device which they’re connected to. A wire is what you make it.

]]> By: Casey Jones https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-36 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:24:35 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-36 Wow, good to know the different colors mean different things. This proves that I should hire an electrician. I’d probably burn my house down if I tried the wiring by myself.

]]> By: Casey Jones https://nickleelectrical.com/yes-electrical-wire-colors-do-matter/#comment-767 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:24:35 +0000 https://www.nickleelectrical.com/?p=2182#comment-767 Wow, good to know the different colors mean different things. This proves that I should hire an electrician. I’d probably burn my house down if I tried the wiring by myself.

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