Volks,
Continuing with our More Than You Wanted to Know series, I found a site in
Switzerland showing DIN specs for basic colors in automotive wiring. The
approved German abbreviations for the colors are in parentheses.
Note that any color can be used as a tracer (band, stripe, dots, etc.) to
distinguish different wires having the same function. Thus, while brown
designates a ground circuit (negative in a normal negative-grounded system),
some grounding switch leads might be brown with white bands, brown with pink
stripes, etc.
Color Abb. Purpose
blue (bl) Lead to pilot or warning lights
light blue (hb) Lead to pilot or monitoring lights
brown (br) (-) Ground lead (31)
yellow (ge) Leads for low-beam circuits
green (gn) Lead from ign. coil to breaker points
gray (gr) Leads to tail/marker/license-plate
lights
pink (li) Marker color only
red (ro) (+) Lead from starter to
generator/alternator, to ign. lock, or to
any fuse carrying direct battery
(30) power.
black (sw) (+) Leads from battery to starter, from
ign. switch to light switch, or to
anything that operates only when
ignition is on (15, 54)
white (ws) Leads for high-beam circuits
A few specifics in VW:
Color Purpose
white Left high beam circuit
white/black Right high beam circuit
yellow Left low beam circuit
yellow/black Right low beam circuit
gray/black Left parking lights (f/r)
gray/red Right parking lights (f/r)
black/white Left turn signals (f/r)
black/green Right turn signals (f/r)
More at www.nagl.ch and find the elektrik tab under technik.
Enjoy!
Bert Knupp in Music City USA
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