Originally posted by Dspark: Yes. Color matters only when all three phases are being used. In a way, it would be pointless to try to match these up by color since the breaker might move tomorrow when the load is redistributed and the color would be wrong.[/B]
I figured that probably was the case (like here), but it just crossed my mind that you might do it the other way.
So what about 1-ph 277V from a 277/480 panel? Brown & gray, or back to plain old black for the hot?