Skip to content Electrical Wire Colors: What Each One Means | Wires R Us
Only two colors in your home’s wiring are actually reserved by code. Everything else is convention. That difference is the whole reason a color guide is useful for planning and useless for deciding whether something is safe to touch. White and gray are claimed for the neutral. Green and bare copper are claimed for the […]
What Does a Ground Wire Do? An Electrician Explains | Wires R Us
Most homeowners think the ground wire carries stray electricity into the dirt under the house. That is not what it does. Its real job is to shove enough current back to your panel to trip the breaker before anybody gets hurt. That distinction matters, because it changes what a bad ground actually costs you. A […]