Also are Australia & NZ intending to change the colours of fixed wiring from the current: red, white & blue as phases, black as neutral & G/Y as earth?
That raises a query: Hutch told us some time ago that South Africa stuck with white as B-phase instead of changing to yellow like the U.K. Did Australia and/or N.Z. also stick with white?
I haven't heard about the proposed mandatory change for fixed cables here, but when I was in Ireland (Republic) in 1998 I noticed a couple of installations where the meter tails had been changed to brown and blue. I don't know whether they've adopted the Euro-colors right across the board as yet though. I've seen references that Ireland has also started to use the Schuko plug, although I've not been able to confirm it.
*Note for non-U.K. readers:
BS7671 = IEE Wiring Regulations.
[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 10-06-2002).]
