green / white / black wires

thepedestrian

Hi im going to put a 3 pin male kettle plug onto a transformer for an electric bike battery , but the wires ex transformer are white / black and green - anyone know how this translates into brown , blue ,black please

ormus

i dont understand you.
on the 240v input side, the transformer needs a female kettle plug.

or are talking about the 12v output side?

testing with a multimeter will determine the output wires/values.

SailorSam

If you've got an electric bike, do you ever use the 'pedelec' site.
I think if you went and joined the forum there you'd find an expert to talk you through fitting the new plug.

WillowCat

American AC colours (or should I say colors) are:

Black - live
White - neutral
Green - earth

so it's most likely it was built for the US market.

You mention transformer - is this US to UK or 'mains' to 'battery'? Do you have the correct input voltage?

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve so I hesitate to comment further..

thepedestrian

yes sorry it is an ac adaptor with a female kettle plug which the electric bikes male kettle plug , plugs into and coming out is a lead with the 3 wires black , green and white

rrf494g

if the transformer you have is built for the american market it may well be set up for 110v input AC. Beware putting UK 230v AC into this.