@Lion Heart One more thing to check:If your house is wired the way things are in the US, there is a 240V center-tapped transformer out on the pole. The center tap is the neutral, so you have 240V between the hots and 120V from either hot to neutral. 120V circuits are wired from hot to neutral with a single-pole breaker in the hot. 240V circuits are wired hot to hot with a double-pole breaker. 240/120 devices (like a clothes dryer that uses 240 for the heater and 120 for the motor) are wired with a double pole breaker and a neutral.
/mike
Without any power applied, use your ohm meter to ascertain that neither your Brown nor Blue wires are connected to your ground,
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard