[BC] Audio Cable

[Milton Holladay]

There's been no need to guess, all these years; IIRC, in the back of the 
Belden catologue there's a page of color codes for multi=conductor cables 
showing that green/white is the second pair, with green low..........
M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cowboy" <curt at spam-o-matic.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Audio Cable
>
> Left to my own devices, lowest low to highest high, and since
> ( with exception of a trailer ) in almost any application, green is
> ground, so green is the lowest low. White is generally a common,
> or neutral, which I take to be potentially "higher" than ground.
> If you have ANY Cat-X cable in the plant, white is hot, so for
> consistency.....
>
> Beyond that, I'll generally fall back on standard telco color codes.
> Regardless, YOU have to live with it when I leave, so if you have
> a preference, it's a good idea to make sure that I know what that
> is, else you'll likely get a published standard.
> The plastic doesn't care, but you might.
>
> -- 
> Cowboy