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How do you connect a European 240V appliance 3 wire plug with black and blue and green wires to a US 240V circuit?
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European wiring has two principal colour schemes:
On appliances from the last 40 years, and recent fixed wiring:
Live: Brown; Neutral: Blue; Earth: Green with yellow tracer
On older appliances, and in older fixed wiring:
Live: Red; Neutral: Black; Earth: Green OR Green with yellow tracer.
Until you can satisfy yourself (beyond any doubt) as to which wires on your appliance relate to live, neutral and earth, you should NOT attempt to connect the appliance. Either check the manual or contact the manufacturer.
Also, depending on the appliance, you need to consider that the US uses 60Hz alternating current whereas Europe uses 50Hz. This may or may not prevent the appliance working correctly.
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