Quote Originally Posted by psychocat
The diagrams are for an English 3 point plug.

As a general rule the blue is the LIVE wire and will go to the left hand contact.
The green Yellow is Nuetral and would normaly go to the contact for the hole.
The Brown is EARTH and would then be connected to the right hand contact.

Easy way to remember is the second letters of brown and blue
r = right
l = left

Brown is earth? In England green/yellow is ALWAYS earth, not brown. I dont know about France though.

Brown is positive, blue negative and yellow/green earth.