UK Fixed appliance wiring colours - is non-standard ok?!?

Jock from the north · Jan 12, 2025

Sparky Sukey said:
"E-towel" for the element part

Can't see anything online for that.best bet is to contact tech next week I'd say .

Jock from the north · Jan 12, 2025

Sparky Sukey said:
I know, right?!? But is it illegal for them to have supplied one without standard colours it is a UK supplier providing a product with a 3 pin plug....

Seen as they provided a plug there will be no wiring info on manual I suppose.

Sparky Sukey · Jan 12, 2025

Jock from the north said:
Seen as they provided a plug there will be no wiring info on manual I suppose.

Exactly. It's so frustrating when I imagine most of these need to be cut off for installation.

Jock from the north · Jan 12, 2025

Sparky Sukey said:
Exactly. It's so frustrating when I imagine most of these need to be cut off for installation.

Makes you wonder how many other appliances have similar colours with a sealed plug.

littlespark · Jan 12, 2025

would never have known it was non standard colours until the plug was cut off.

Can you continuity test between the cut-off plug and the remaining wires still attached to it, or did you cut it so close, theres no flex left to strip?

Sparky Sukey · Jan 12, 2025

littlespark said:
would never have known it was non standard colours until the plug was cut off.

Can you continuity test between the cut-off plug and the remaining wires still attached to it, or did you cut it so close, theres no flex left to strip?

Ooooh. Now that would've been a good idea...even though I did cut it right at the plug...but instead I decided to shear off the top of the plug to look inside but that was hopeless (couldn't see anything and destroyed everything in the process

). Silly move on my part!!

Sparky Sukey · Jan 12, 2025

littlespark said:
would never have known it was non standard colours until the plug was cut off.

Can you continuity test between the cut-off plug and the remaining wires still attached to it, or did you cut it so close, theres no flex left to strip?

Sparky Sukey said:
Ooooh. Now that would've been a good idea...even though I did cut it right at the plug...but instead I decided to shear off the top of the plug to look inside but that was hopeless (couldn't see anything and destroyed everything in the process ). Silly move on my part!!

In fact that's not just a good idea, that's an effin' brilliant idea and now I'm furious with myself for not thinking of it before I mangled the plug