What colour is the live wire in an electrical plug?
Electrical wiring systems use gray insulation, although this particular color code is not currently an explicit requirement of the NEC. The United Kingdom requires the use of wire covered with green/yellow striped insulation, for safety earthing (grounding) connections. This growing international standard was adopted for its distinctive appearance, to reduce the likelihood of dangerous confusion of safety earthing (grounding) wires with other electrical functions, especially by persons affected by red-green colour blindness. In the UK, phases could be identified as being live by using coloured indicator lights: red, yellow and blue. The new cable colours of brown, black and grey do not
Across a Wire: Live in New York City hidden track, "Chelsea". The second disc, recorded for MTV's "Live from the 10 Spot" show, is rocky and direct. The cover art for the album, featuring electrical poles with the Statue of Liberty in the background, is taken from a 1967 photograph by David Plowden entitled "Statue of Liberty from Caven Point Road, Jersey City, New Jersey." All tracks written by Adam Duritz unless otherwise indicated. Across a Wire: Live in New York City Across a Wire: Live in New York City (also known as Across a Wire: Live in New York for short) is the third album released by