TV Power Lead Query

mull

My TV stopped working so I took the back off to have a look inside. When I put the back on again, it started working again even though I don't know why. My question however is about something I noticed on the power cable connection. As can be seen on the attached photo, the live wire is connected to the terminal marked N, and the neutral wire is connected to the terminal marked L. Is this a bit dodgy? I know the TV will work (and it now does again), but the little bit of Googling I did suggested that some appliances could become dangerous / live if a fault developed in the TV. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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kirk.

Don't think polarity makes any difference with appliances

Nothing I can think of off the top of my head anyway

10-10-20

It used to be a bigger issue in the past, bit not so much these days.

Part of the reason is that European schucko sockets (with the round pin) aren't polarised and the plug can be fitted into the socket in reverse - meaning that L can be N and N can be L depending on the orientation of the plug, and so on. Hence all appliances are now designed to work independently of the polarisation.

mull

Thanks for the reassuring info. As long as its not going to cause an electrocution or fire, I'm happy!

coylemj

All of my current TVs have a 'figure of 8' connector to take the mains power and you can connect these either way so polarity clearly doesn't matter.