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How do you tell the colors of wires in a 220 Volt system using a volt meter?

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Telling the colour of wires has nothing to do with using a volt meter. Phase wire colours can be any colour except green and white. Usual 3 phase colours are red, black, blue. Single phase colours are usually red and black. Neutrals are always white and ground wires are always green or bare.

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