Cable-and-Wire Functions Chart
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| Code | Cable | Nickname | White wire |
Black wire |
Red wire |
Examples in Typical Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | 2- w i r e |
"power" | neutral | hot | -- | between A3 & A4 |
| L | "light/leg" | neutral | switched | -- | between A2 & A1 |
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| h | "loop" | hot | switched | -- | between B3 & B4 |
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| x | (3-way) (4-way) |
traveler | traveler | -- | also... | |
| n | 3- w i r e |
(3-way) (4-way) |
hot or switched or traveler. (not neutral) |
hot or switched or traveler |
hot or switched or traveler |
between B2 & C2 also... |
| t | (3-way) (4-way) |
neutral | traveler | traveler | between A7 & B7 |
|
| f | "fed" | neutral | hot | switched | between C3 & D3 or B5 & C5 |
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| m | "multiple" | hot or neutral |
switched | switched | © 2018 Larry Dimock |
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| d | "double" | neutral | hot | hot | also... |