Hi guys, just purchased some new swa cable because in need of extending a run from the house to a garden shed, all is well except the new harmonised colors, old cable has got RED(LIVE),YELLOW(EARTH) & BLUE(NEUTRAL), all very simple i thought but the new swa cable has a light grey, black & brown core, which connects to which?????????????
Cheers in advance

brown should be used for live in a single phase setup but there is some dispute over which way round to use black and grey for neutral and earth.

whichever you do make sure you sleeve it appropriately.

As Black is now a live - it does seem sensible not to use it as a neutral.

I think we need to sing from the same hymn sheet, so to speak - so I will stick to grey=N and black=E.  If everyone does the same, all is sweet!

The production of a single phase 3 core SWA would seem like a natural progression - I fear cost will prevent this, but we can only hope.  (Brown, Blue & GreenYellow)  But then, with this floating around, how many people will bung it in and use the cores (including GY) for another purpose such as a switch drop or a 3 phase supply          I can see it now - ah look we have a little left over.........lets use it for this machine......

You can get cable's in any shape length type or form but you pay trough the nose for it