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Old 4th May 2021, 12:33 am   #34
Maarten
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Default Re: When were ring mains introduced in domestic housing.

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I always worked on basis that red and brown are the closest colours out of the four.
Ditto. And, of course, blue is 'close' to black.
That colour 'alliance': red to brown; black to blue, I always suspected for being the reason brown and blue were chosen in the first place.
Maybe, but not in the Netherlands, where green was live, red was neutral and gray was earth.
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