Why do we have wiring standards that say brown is 'live' and blue is ' neutral' (UK Standards) in household electricity? - Quora
![Three Core Cable with Brown Live Wire Green and Yellow Earth Wire and Blue Neutral Wire Stock Photo - Alamy Three Core Cable with Brown Live Wire Green and Yellow Earth Wire and Blue Neutral Wire Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/AJ2ETE/three-core-cable-with-brown-live-wire-green-and-yellow-earth-wire-AJ2ETE.jpg)
Three Core Cable with Brown Live Wire Green and Yellow Earth Wire and Blue Neutral Wire Stock Photo - Alamy
![3 pin plug UK type showing copper wires and insulation blue neutral brown live green and yellow earth on blue background Stock Photo - Alamy 3 pin plug UK type showing copper wires and insulation blue neutral brown live green and yellow earth on blue background Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B27HCB/3-pin-plug-uk-type-showing-copper-wires-and-insulation-blue-neutral-B27HCB.jpg)
3 pin plug UK type showing copper wires and insulation blue neutral brown live green and yellow earth on blue background Stock Photo - Alamy
![wiring - OLD UK Lighting Live wire in neutral, how is this working? is it safe? - Home Improvement Stack Exchange wiring - OLD UK Lighting Live wire in neutral, how is this working? is it safe? - Home Improvement Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QtPML.png)
wiring - OLD UK Lighting Live wire in neutral, how is this working? is it safe? - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
![Brown Wire, Blue Wire and Green Stripe Wire-what are these? Which is black and hot and which is white? Brown Wire, Blue Wire and Green Stripe Wire-what are these? Which is black and hot and which is white?](https://www.ledlightexpert.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality%3D85%2Cformat%3Dauto/assets/images/LED_wiring_diagram_Brown_Blue_Green_stripe_wire.webp)
Brown Wire, Blue Wire and Green Stripe Wire-what are these? Which is black and hot and which is white?
![Anyone know what the yellow and blue wires are? I was trying to work out if I had neutral wires in light sockets, upstairs only had live and earth but this kitchen Anyone know what the yellow and blue wires are? I was trying to work out if I had neutral wires in light sockets, upstairs only had live and earth but this kitchen](https://preview.redd.it/k05vpygazrf71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=29e81ac47bc197fb1500d1badebcb1b34dccb8ea)