What is red book, white book? 2

[honglien]

There are some terms Red book, White book, green book... I dont know how to classify the books..
Who can give me a detail explaination?
Thanks and best regards!

 

[tommom]

Depends upon the context.

IEEE publishes are series of "standards" for various topics of facilities engineering - the series is known as the "Color Books."

http://standards.ieee.org/colorbooks/sampler/shop.html

UL also publishes a couple of books which tend to be known by their colors, e.g. UL "White Book",

http://www.uluniversity.us/catalog/display.resource.aspx?resourceid=194559

Table 1 Indication of UL approval
Indication of UL approval Publication method
Indication on product Publication by UL
Listing Listing mark

Categorized products list
(Green Book) White card
Recognition Recognition mark

Registered parts list
(Yellow Book) Yellow card

The UL Hazardous Locations directory is known as the "Red book."

There may be others - these are ones of which I know.

Tom

 

[magoo2]

In addition to tommon's list, EPRI publishes an ac transmission line reference book which is also referred to as the red book.