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Werner Van Loock

posted on 26/5/08 at 06:37 PM Reply With Quote
Colour coded wiring needed?

Can't find the answer on here, but does the wiring need to be colour coded for SVA? I only have red, black and white automotive wire available. And printable wire sleeves for IDing.





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Guinness

posted on 26/5/08 at 06:41 PM Reply With Quote
Nope.

My cousin rebuilt his motorbike completely, including a full re-wire in black. He's colourblind so has to test everything he ever does at least twice!

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DIY Si

posted on 26/5/08 at 07:34 PM Reply With Quote
Not if my car is anything to go by. It looks colour coded at one end of the tunnel, but it has a different colour coding at the other end!
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Werner Van Loock

posted on 26/5/08 at 07:49 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks for the answers. so red is live, white somewhere in between and black ground





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DIY Si

posted on 26/5/08 at 07:59 PM Reply With Quote
If it's any help, given the wide availability of different colours over here, when I start building an Epona, I intend to try and have a fully colour coded wiring loom. Mainly because of all the faffing about I've had to do with my car. Nothing worse than not knowing what any of the wires in a big bunch do.
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Peteff

posted on 26/5/08 at 08:14 PM Reply With Quote
Get some different coloured tapes and put a piece round every so often or use combinations to code them at the ends.





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RazMan

posted on 27/5/08 at 05:12 AM Reply With Quote
You can get no end of colour combinations from suppliers like Premier Wiring etc. It is definitely a good idea to invest in a few metres of say 20 colours to get you started and work from there.





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Raz

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Pdlewis

posted on 27/5/08 at 09:26 AM Reply With Quote
If you are building a loom I'd suggest opening the yellow pages and hunting out your local harness maker I found them to be 50% cheaper than online and and bit more if you pay cash :-)
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