When handling any electrical cable, andIt is essential to know how to differentiate different elements such as composition, and even color, since it is not an ‘aesthetic’ element, but it helps us to check what work they perform in the transport of electricity. This is the meaning of each color, as well as the elements that help us distinguish them.
What does the color of each wire mean?
Electric cables are differentiated by color to differentiate the role they play. As reported ‘Endesa‘ for the grounding, the cables are found with a green or yellow color. The color blue, for its part, plays a neutral role.
An element that differs from those cables that they are neutral, which are striped colors. On the other hand, within the category of cables considered “phase”. In this category are the colors gray, brown, white and black. In addition to these cables, there are also current cables or load, they have uniform colors.
How to distinguish one from the other when you have to change them?
Cables, in addition to their color, are also differentiated by the type of function they perform. Within this factor, there are three types of cables. First, those named phase They are in charge of carry electric current to our homes.
On the other hand, the opposite work is carried out by those cables called neutral. Also called “output” or “negative conductor”, lets go back to the stream, which helps to move it to the download cable. There are also the ground wires. Its performance is neither transporting electricity to our homes nor taking it out, but rather takes care of eliminating any excess electrical charge.
Another factor to take into account to differentiate cables is their composition. The number of conductive wires, their structure, type of conductor and insulation are other elements that allow us to differentiate some cables from others.
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