Hallo, kaufte eine schöne Leuchte und möchte es verdrahten, aber es hat 2 weiße Drähte … keine Ahnung, die lebendig oder neutral ist. Ich gehe davon aus, dass das kleine Dreieck etwas bedeutet, obwohl ich es nicht weiß. Hat jemand eine Idee?
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Von dhumanizer
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The little triangle just means it was tested by the VDE (Verein deutscher Elektriker)
If you can’t tell a difference it doesn’t matter. That’s somewhat common for German stuff since our wall plugs also can’t tell the difference between live and neutral. The yellow-green one is ground.
There should also be a piece of paper with instructions that you can double-check to make sure. But if it was important it would be clear in the color-coding, not left up to some hidden symbol somewhere
if it’s a light fixture it doesn’t really matter
It doesn’t matter, you’ll have a designated connector, use that.
The triangle means legal mumbo-jumbo.
If you can unplug them you can check with a Electric Voltage Tester, those are quite cheap, some screwdrivers with a transparent handle have one already in, it looks like a led inside that turns on if the cable is live, just make sure you wear electrical insulated rubber gloves
That triangle is approved product certification from [VDE](https://www.vde.com/tic-en/marks-and-zertificates/certification-marks-and-attestations).
This looks like a AC lamp with GU10 socket so it doesn’t matter which is live and neutral. That’s also the reason it has two white unlabeled wires.
The triangle is the VDE sign (certified).
Usually, the green/yellow one should be the neutral (Schutzleiter/Ground/protected earth) and the white ones are most likely the phases (should be brown/black usually).
You can test it with a „Phasenprüfer“ (that screwdriver with the lamp) or a voltage meter.
If you are unsure, please get someone who knows this and keep some minimal safety, such as ensuring that a 2nd person is around and you touch electric devices only with one hand/arm.