Xiren said:
Hello everyone.
I am new to the forums... well, I am new FOR my son.
He has shown a interest in playing with electronics. Some of his projects he does he will use the same color wire throughout the project, making it hard to trace a wire. I would like to help him out more, but this is not a field of expertise for me
Is there a chart that shows what color of wire should be used and where? To clarify, if you open up an old tape recorder, you will see different colored wires. Are they there just to make tracing easier or what?
Thank you in advance.
hi,
The colours I try to use are:-
Unreg +V, Orange,,, Regulated +V. Red,,,,, +5V Brown.
Unreg -V, Violet,,,, Regulated -V, Blue
Common 0V, Black,,,, Ground, Green.
Signal wires, Grey,White,Yellow,Pink
These are for electronic wiring, NOT mains wiring, follow your local colour codes for mains wiring...
You will find that its not always possible to follow another persons circuits by relying on the wiring colours, we all have our own preferences.
Eric
EDIT: I try not to use if possible, wire colours with a secondary colour as a tracer, sometimes there is no choice.
I think the rule should be, consistency in your own colour preferences,[ also mark the colour on your drawings]