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Enum: ElectricalWireColorEnum

Electrical wire color codes (US/International)

URI: valuesets:ElectricalWireColorEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
BLACK_HOT HEX:000000 Black - hot/live wire (US)
RED_HOT HEX:FF0000 Red - hot/live wire (US secondary)
BLUE_HOT HEX:0000FF Blue - hot/live wire (US tertiary)
WHITE_NEUTRAL HEX:FFFFFF White - neutral wire (US)
GREEN_GROUND HEX:00FF00 Green - ground/earth wire
GREEN_YELLOW_GROUND None Green with yellow stripe - ground/earth (International)
BROWN_LIVE HEX:964B00 Brown - live wire (EU/IEC)
BLUE_NEUTRAL HEX:0000FF Blue - neutral wire (EU/IEC)
GRAY_NEUTRAL HEX:808080 Gray - neutral wire (alternative)

Slots

Name Description
electrical_wire_color Electrical wire color codes (US/International)

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: ElectricalWireColorEnum
description: Electrical wire color codes (US/International)
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  BLACK_HOT:
    text: BLACK_HOT
    description: Black - hot/live wire (US)
    meaning: HEX:000000
    annotations:
      voltage:
        tag: voltage
        value: 120/240V
      region:
        tag: region
        value: North America
  RED_HOT:
    text: RED_HOT
    description: Red - hot/live wire (US secondary)
    meaning: HEX:FF0000
    annotations:
      voltage:
        tag: voltage
        value: 120/240V
      region:
        tag: region
        value: North America
  BLUE_HOT:
    text: BLUE_HOT
    description: Blue - hot/live wire (US tertiary)
    meaning: HEX:0000FF
    annotations:
      voltage:
        tag: voltage
        value: 120/240V
      region:
        tag: region
        value: North America
  WHITE_NEUTRAL:
    text: WHITE_NEUTRAL
    description: White - neutral wire (US)
    meaning: HEX:FFFFFF
    annotations:
      function:
        tag: function
        value: neutral
      region:
        tag: region
        value: North America
  GREEN_GROUND:
    text: GREEN_GROUND
    description: Green - ground/earth wire
    meaning: HEX:00FF00
    annotations:
      function:
        tag: function
        value: ground/earth
      region:
        tag: region
        value: universal
  GREEN_YELLOW_GROUND:
    text: GREEN_YELLOW_GROUND
    description: Green with yellow stripe - ground/earth (International)
    annotations:
      function:
        tag: function
        value: ground/earth
      region:
        tag: region
        value: IEC standard
      pattern:
        tag: pattern
        value: green with yellow stripe
  BROWN_LIVE:
    text: BROWN_LIVE
    description: Brown - live wire (EU/IEC)
    meaning: HEX:964B00
    annotations:
      voltage:
        tag: voltage
        value: 230V
      region:
        tag: region
        value: Europe/IEC
  BLUE_NEUTRAL:
    text: BLUE_NEUTRAL
    description: Blue - neutral wire (EU/IEC)
    meaning: HEX:0000FF
    annotations:
      function:
        tag: function
        value: neutral
      region:
        tag: region
        value: Europe/IEC
  GRAY_NEUTRAL:
    text: GRAY_NEUTRAL
    description: Gray - neutral wire (alternative)
    meaning: HEX:808080
    annotations:
      function:
        tag: function
        value: neutral
      region:
        tag: region
        value: some installations