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What colour wires for light fitting?

Putting up a new light fixture in kitchen.
Fitting has brown (Live), blue (Neutral), stripe (earth).
From ceiling have stripe (earth), but other wires are black and orange. Which colour is live and neutral
Many thanks
Andy
Andy Bevan, October 2008
It is illegal in the UK to do DIY this kind of electrical work in a kitchen. Get an electrician before you kill someone.

V, October 2008
Black (Neutral) = Blue
Red (Line, Live, Phase, Power) = Brown

Your Orange probably Red - Orange seldom seen

Peccavi, October 2008