Electrician needed!!!

[Ron Jefferson]

I'm replacing the wall receptacle on a power cord for my daughters laptop. After I cut the molded plug (Duh) off I realized I didn't know what wires went where. I did some internet research on color coded wires but would like someone to confirm before I blow this thing up. Here's how I wired it...

yellow/green wire to ground/earth

brown wire HOT brass screw

Blue wire Neutral silver screw

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Ron

 

[hugh hargett]

try a test light

 

[Ron Jefferson]

try a test light

What will a test light tell me Hugh? I need to make sure the polarity is correct. I changed the plug end that goes into the wall and the other end goes into a converter. All I need to know is that the color codes of the wires make sense in North America.

Ron

 

[Andy Greene]

thats 220 ac correct ? If thats the case , I dont believe polarity is an issue. I may be wrong so let someone more qualified answer- but Im pretty sure.

And yes Green is ground.

Andy

 

[Ron Jefferson]

No, it's 110 Andy. My problem is that different countries use different color coded wires. I did look it up but wanted a second opinion. Thanks for the reply.

Ron

 

[Nigtmare]

Ron none of those colors are the norm, they are usually white,black, and green. green ground, white is neutral, and black is your life wire. get a ohm meter and check the plug what wire went where, the black is the small slot, and the white is the big slot on the wall receptacle. hope this helps.

Nick

 

[Ron Jefferson]

I took the leap of faith and plugged it in. Guess what, it worked! The weird colors are from europe or something. I found a link on the net that cross referenced them. The only common wire is the green that seems to always be ground no matter where you live. Man am I lucky I didn't smoke the laptop. It seems to be my daughters life line at University.

Ron

 

[Tim_Duggan]

Ron,

The Brown wire is the Active, Blue wire is the neutral. B) In a lot of cases they'll work reversed, but if there is a safety circuit in the device sometimes polarity needs to be correct for it to function properly.

 

[hugh hargett]

I said test it coz trusting colors can be risky. I shouldnt have said test light i should have said a meter . Sorry