Thread: what colour is earth? is it brown??

In Australia and New Zealand, yes it is Green/Yellow. Older cables and installations had solid green so that is still acceptable as an earthing conductor.

If you don't know and can't search what colour ground is, please please do not mess with 240v. For your safety and anyone who comes after you.

Originally Posted by pippin88

If you don't know and can't search what colour ground is, please please do not mess with 240v. For your safety and anyone who comes after you.

Wozza you would be aware of this and don't you usually use an electrician! Maybe testing these mods out

Well he did admit that it's a stupid question. And I agree with him. I do wonder what the point of the post was.

Originally Posted by wozzzzza

seems like no posts here for a while so i will post a question see what answers i get. although a stupid question.
what colour is earth? i think it possibly is green/yellow??

All depends on the colour of the cable that the person that wired it used.

Originally Posted by phild001

Wozza you would be aware of this and don't you usually use an electrician! Maybe testing these mods out

yeah and yeah

Originally Posted by jack620

I do wonder what the point of the post was.

as mentioned just to get some action in this forum that looks dead to see if there is anyone around still to liven it up.

Originally Posted by wozzzzza

yeah and yeah

as mentioned just to get some action in this forum that looks dead to see if there is anyone around still to liven it up.

LOL get it wrong and you will liven up.

If there is no earth it could be a matter of life or death!

Well, it seems your trolling produced a few bites.

Originally Posted by wozzzzza

seems like no posts here for a while so i will post a question see what answers i get. although a stupid question.
what colour is earth? i think it possibly is green/yellow??

Do you need to know which colour earth is to build your gate?

Well it depends where you live or work. It can vary from light sandy colour to almost black and in some areas light reddish brown or where I am, dark reddish brown other wires it also depends on if you are mixing them up between different earth types. It doesn't matter the colour, they all affect electrolysis.......

It looks mostly blue and white from the moon!

Originally Posted by yvan

Do you need to know which colour earth is to build your gate?

yeah just incase a live wire from electronics touches it i will earth it. don't want to put a brown wire on it by mistake. although up here it will be welcomed with all the crime going on

Originally Posted by wozzzzza

yeah just incase a live wire from electronics touches it i will earth it. don't want to put a brown wire on it by mistake. although up here it will be welcomed with all the crime going on

Sad state of affairs it has become with juvenile crime.

Many years ago, in Brownsville a retired lady had amassed a significant collection of Bonsai trees, mostly her own creations. Sadly, they started disappearing at night to her great distress. So, with the help of some friends a single wire catenary wire was installed to hang some of her other plants in hanging baskets. The barbed wire just happened to be excellent for spacing the plants and prevent them from sliding along the wire. It also happened to run the entire perimeter of her Bonsai collection display area and was some 300mm inside her property. The rate of theft certainly slowed considerably, but the local Police were none too happy about the "man trap" and ordered its removal. How they became aware of it is also a mystery. Presumably a visitor complained?