Conductor colours

Aderkleuren

Also known as: kleur, kleuren, kleurcodering, draadkleur, draadkleuren, kabelkleur, kabelkleuren, geel-groen, bruin, blauw, colors, colour, colours, wire-color, wire-colors, cable-color, cable-colors, aderkleur, phase-conductor, line-conductor, phase-wire, fasegeleider, iec-60446, hd-308, l1-bruin, bruin-zwart-grijs, conductor-colours, phase-colour, pe-kleur, groen-geel-pe, beschermingsgeleider-kleur, protective-conductor-colour

Standard color codes — brown = L1, black = L2, grey = L3, blue = N, yellow/green = PE. Old installations use red/white/green — always check during renovation.

Practical example

Conductor colors: When connecting a new socket, brown to L, blue to N, and yellow/green to PE per standard coding.

Common mistake

Conductor colors Common mistake: Using yellow/green for a function other than PE — forbidden, even if the conductor is not connected as PE.

See also