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11/29/2019
Sam I, Electrician
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Experience: Maintenance Electrician, Electrical Contractor, Locomotive Electrician
VerifiedHello, usually gray and white are neutrals. The brown and purple would be for the hot connections if this is a 240 volt unit. Let me look up the specs on that and see it I can decipher it.
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