Jay_
Member level 3
Hi guys, my water heater's its coil has gone. I have disconnected it and will buy a new water heater. Just some questions though, the wires from the wall are all entangled and of same colour covering (red). I have a multimeter, how do I correctly identify which wire is Earth, Live or Neutral? I need to right, if I have to connect it correctly to the new water heater?
I opened up another switch in my house and found
V (earth-neutral) = 0 V
V (live-neutral) = 240 V
V (earth-live) = 240 V ... however, that still doesn't allow me to single out and say which is which between Earth and Neutral. How do I find out?
The wires from the disconnected end of the water heater are green, red and black cover, and is it correct (or safe) to assume:
Green for Earth
Black for Neutral
Red for Live?
I opened up another switch in my house and found
V (earth-neutral) = 0 V
V (live-neutral) = 240 V
V (earth-live) = 240 V ... however, that still doesn't allow me to single out and say which is which between Earth and Neutral. How do I find out?
The wires from the disconnected end of the water heater are green, red and black cover, and is it correct (or safe) to assume:
Green for Earth
Black for Neutral
Red for Live?