I need help wiring up cooker, Black and Blue wires!!

adwozere

I'm fitting in a new Neff built under cooker, but I'm not 100% sUre with the wires.

The Wires from the wall are the normal -RED , BLACK & BARE EARTH.
But the wires in the cooker are - BLACK , BLUE & a EARTH PLATE.

Can someone confirm which is the live wire in the cooker, is it the Black or Blue ?

Thanks

TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain

Google will give you the answer in seconds.... however, (no offense intended at all) if you dont know the answer i would seriously question if its a good idea to be doing it yourself.

amcluesent

Red<->Brown
Black<->Blue
Earth<->Earth

frugallass

surely its worth paying £20 to get the job done safely and efficiently - I'd seriously reconsider doing this yourself

vaio

amcluesent wrote: »

Red<->Brown
Black<->Blue
Earth<->Earth

good guess but no brown in the OP

OP, there is is something strange here, spend £20 and get a man in

shown73

Isn't black the American version of red??

adwozere

TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain wrote: »

Google will give you the answer in seconds.... however, (no offense intended at all) if you dont know the answer i would seriously question if its a good idea to be doing it yourself.

Have a look yourself i cant find the answer on Google.

But I found help on a electrical forum ( but only just)


Black = Phase
Blue = Neutral

adwozere

shown73 wrote: »

Isn't black the American version of red??

I think thats on there 3 phase only.

But this is a bit of European wiring !! as the cooker was made in Germany.

TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain

adwozere wrote: »

Have a look yourself i cant find the answer on Google.

But I found help on a electrical forum ( but only just)

Black = Phase
Blue = Neutral

Quick google gave me the below, get the missus to where some wellies and get her to throw the switch

"In Germany or, as a matter of fact, in Europe, the colors for the mains wires are as follows:
Live (L): Brown (sometimes also black, but not very common)
Neutral (N): Blue
Earth is Yellow with Green stripes"

heatherw_01

I think you should get someone out to do this for you

frugallass

Agreed 100% absolutely !