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Re: You would expect a qualified electrician to wire a building to spec, right?

This is why in the US we have, Black=live (hot), white=neutral, and ground (Earth) = bare.

(Why have insulation on the ground wire?)

4 lead 220 the extra wire is usually yellow! (though I have seen it red.)