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Suggested Standard Wire Color Code


  • Mark Chaffey / Ed Mellinger (Tiburon)
Color Designation
Black Power Grounds
Brown Signal Grounds
Red Logic Power
Orange +12Vdc, +15Vdc
Yellow +48Vdc
Green Chassis / Frame / Seawater Ground; RS-485 Common
Blue RS - 485A
Violet RS - 485B
Grey -12Vdc, -15Vdc
White +240Vdc, +375Vdc

  

  • Chad Kecy / Paul McGill
Color Designation
Black Ground
Brown Analog Ground
Red +24Vdc
Orange +12Vdc
Yellow +5Vdc
Green Comm Ground
Blue RS-485A  / USB+
Violet RxD
Grey RS-485B /  USB-
White TxD
Red/Yellow Stripe +375Vdc
Red/Green Stripe +36Vdc



  • David French
Color Designation
Black Com, PWR Ground
Brown  
Red +24Vdc
Orange +12Vdc
Yellow Video
Green RX-232
Blue TX-232
Violet  
Grey  
White  

*Based on existing ROV wiring

  • Scott Jensen
Color Designation
Black Power Grounds
Brown Signal Grounds
Red Logic Power
Orange +12Vdc, +15Vdc
Yellow +48Vdc
Green Chassis / Frame / Seawater Ground; RS-485 Common
Blue RS - 485A
Violet RS - 485B
Grey -12Vdc, -15Vdc
White +240Vdc, +375Vdc
White/Black Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Brown Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Red Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Orange Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Yellow Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Green Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Blue Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Violet Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal
White/Grey Stripe MISC 24-22AWG wire / Misc Signal



  • Denis Klimov
Color Designation
Black  
Brown  
Red +5Vdc
Orange  
Yellow +12Vdc
Green  
Blue -12Vdc
Violet  
Grey  
White  



  • Thom Maughan
Color Designation
Black  
Brown  
Red  
Orange  
Yellow  
Green +12V, +24V
Blue  
Violet  
Grey  
White Ground

*Based on Seabird oceanagraphic cables

  • Craig Okuda
    Color Designation
    Black 1
    Brown 2
    Red 3
    Orange 4
    Yellow 5
    Green 6
    Blue 7
    Violet 8
    Grey 9
    White 10
    White/Black Stripe 11
    White/Brown Stripe 12
    White/Red Stripe 13
    White/Orange Stripe 14
    White/Yellow Stripe 15
    White/Green Stripe 16
    White/Blue Stripe 17
    White/Violet Stripe 18
    White/Grey Stripe 19

    *Based on Mil-Spec-681

  • Thomas Hoover
    Colors for chassis and Interconnecting wire system by function
    Color Alternate Color Designation
    Black White/Black Transistor Bases
    Brown White/Brown Heaters or filaments
    Red White/Red Power Supply B+
    Orange White/Orange Screen Grids Clock
    Yellow White/Yellow Transistor Emitters
    Green Green Ground, Grounded elements
    Blue White/Blue Transistor Collectors
    Violet White/Violet Power Supply, Minus


    Colors for Interconnecting by Voltage

    Color Designation
    Red +151V to +500V
    White/Red +61V to +150V
    White/Brown/Red +26V to +60V
    White/Red/Orange +7V to +25V
    Violet -26V to -60V
    White/Violet -11V to -25V
    White/Violet/Yellow -2V to -10V
    Green Ground


    Color Coding for AC Wiring

    Service Phase A Phase B Phase C Neutral Ground
    115V 60Hz 1 F Black White Green
    208V 60Hz 3 F "Y" Black Red Orange or Blue White Green
    230V 60Hz 3 F Delta Black Red Orange or Blue Green
    115V 400Hz 3 F Delta Black Red Orange or Blue Green
    208V 400Hz 3 F "Y" Black Red Orange or Blue White Green


    Commercial Coding for AC Wiring

    Service US Europe UK
    115V/240V 60Hz Black Brown Brown
    Common White Blue Blue
    Ground Green Green/Yellow Green/Yellow
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