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Re: [Shop-talk] wiring an LED tube

To: "tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com" <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com>, "shop-talk@autox.team.net" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] wiring an LED tube
From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 18:41:14 +0000 (UTC)
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 Brown, blue and green/yellow are the European standard.=C2=A0 The Green/ye=
llow is the safety ground and can be connected to the green wire.=C2=A0 The=
 other two go with the darker two (brown and black) and the lighter pair (b=
lue and white).
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim . <tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com>
To: Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sat, Mar 4, 2023 11:17 am
Subject: [Shop-talk] wiring an LED tube

 #yiv1133966583 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I have some LED lights tha=
t I am finally installing to replace the last of my fluorescent tube fixtur=
e in my outside shop.
Unfortunately, they do not come wired to a plug.=C2=A0
Questions:=C2=A0
Can I use the plugs from the old fluorescent fixtures? I assume I can even =
though the old plug wires are slightly larger gauge.=C2=A0
How do I connect/match up the wires? The old plug has=C2=A0White, Black & G=
reen. The new LED has=C2=A0Brown, Blue & Yellow/Green wires.=C2=A0
I will be soldering the connections.=C2=A0
Questions may seem basic or easy to most but I know next to nothing about w=
iring.=C2=A0
Thanks!!

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<div> <font size="3">Brown, blue and green/yellow are the European 
standard.&nbsp; The Green/yellow is the safety ground and can be connected to 
the green wire.&nbsp; The other two go with the darker two (brown and black) 
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size="2">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Tim . &lt;tims_datsun_stuff@outlook.com&gt;<br>
To: Shop  Talk &lt;shop-talk@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
Sent: Sat, Mar 4, 2023 11:17 am<br>
Subject: [Shop-talk] wiring an LED tube<br>
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I have some LED lights that I am finally installing to replace the last of my 
fluorescent tube fixture in my outside shop.</div>


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Unfortunately, they do not come wired to a plug.&nbsp;</div>


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sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 
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Questions:&nbsp;</div>


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sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 
255);" class="yiv1133966583elementToProof">
Can I use the plugs from the old fluorescent fixtures? I assume I can even 
though the old plug wires are slightly larger gauge.&nbsp;</div>


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sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 
255);" class="yiv1133966583elementToProof">
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sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 
255);" class="yiv1133966583elementToProof">
How do I connect/match up the wires? The old plug has&nbsp;<span 
style="color:rgb(36, 36, 36);font-family:UI Web -apple-system, 
BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, 
sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 
255);display:inline !important;" class="yiv1133966583ContentPasted1">White,
 Black &amp; Green. The new LED has&nbsp;<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 
255, 255);display:inline !important;" 
class="yiv1133966583ContentPasted2">Brown, Blue &amp; Yellow/Green 
wires.&nbsp;</span></span></div>


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sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 
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255);" class="yiv1133966583elementToProof">
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255);display:inline !important;" class="yiv1133966583ContentPasted1"><span 
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 will be soldering the connections.&nbsp;</span></span></div>


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255);" class="yiv1133966583elementToProof">
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class="yiv1133966583elementToProof"><font color="#242424"><span 
style="font-size:14.6667px;">Questions may seem basic or easy to most but I 
know next to nothing about wiring.&nbsp;</span></font></div>


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style="font-size:14.6667px;">Thanks!!</span></font></div>


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