I am installing a dishwasher, the household connection has a yellow and blue wire, while the dishwasher has a black and white. Which one should i connect to the white and black?
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THIS IS NOT A JOKE- THIS APPLIANCE NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED PROPERLY
This is how it should be wired using 220-240volt
BUT
There are some things to consider first!
The wires you are using to connect to .. are they the provided wires? there should have been a solid copper U bridge to connect L1/L2 to each other too!? Where is it?
If that is not the original cable you must consider using 2.5mm solid core cable
But also the wire that is in the plug should be the same/similar type! and it should be DEDICATED ONLY meaning no other plugs on that line
Before the stove you need an isolation switch (any electrician that says this is not needed is a bad electrician!)
And MOST IMPORTANT
A 8AMP (MAX 1700WATT) on 2.5MM Solid Core Dedicated Line!!!
Be warned if you do not meet these requirements you are putting your self at a electrical fire risk - and this is for ALL 220VOLT Installation anywhere in the world. If you have ome insurance and it burns down and they find that your new stove did not meet these electrical rules.. sorry - insurance void!! Even after installation you need a NEW electrical test certificate to certify there are no GROUND leaks! or micro shorts!
Since you are in Denmark, your mains are 400 V phase-phase, and 230 V phase to neutral. The white and brown wires are two of the three phases, and the yellow/green is your ground. You don't have a wire for the third phase available.
The standard IEC color code says that blue is neutral, brown is L1, grey (what you call white) is L3.
Your stove, since it doesn't have the screw for L3, presumably only needs two phases of power, neutral, and ground. This is what you have available.
You should connect yellow/green to PE and blue to N. I'd connect grey to (1) and brown to (2), preserving the ordering of the phases. The configuration of these two "hot" wires likely does not matter, as the cooktop's loads are likely all connected phase->neutral instead of phase->phase.
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Where are you located and how old is the house?
In the U.S. there are some standards for household wire color coding: http://www.angieslist.com/articles/what-do-electrical-wire-color-codes-mean.htm
If you own a multimeter, you can measure the voltage on the yellow and blue wires. Determine what the voltage is and if it's correct for the dishwasher. You will also be able to tell which wire is hot and which is neutral.
The black on the dishwasher is your hot wire, and the white is the neutral.
If you are not able to, or not comfortable testing the wires, please hire a professional to do it for you. Household electrical can be dangerous and must be done correctly.