British Standard cable colours

British Standard cable colours

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Cable colours sorted by system

Circuit Alt Body Trace System Function
97 Black All earth connections
106 Black Pink spare
17 Blue Green spare
107 Black Slate spare
10 Brown Pink spare
16 Blue Purple spare
30 Red Lt Green spare
6 Brown Lt Green spare
131 Orange Brown spare
132 Orange Red spare
Accessories connected to battery, not via ignition
37 Purple Accessories
switch
49 Green Accessories Accessories connected via ignition switch
48 Purple Orange Accessories Aerial motor to "down" switch
47 Purple Slate Accessories Aerial motor to "up" switch
42 Purple Lt Green Accessories Demister relay
85 b Yellow Accessories Door locks
88 b Yellow Red Accessories Door locks
96 Yellow Orange Accessories Door locks
95 Yellow Slate Accessories Door locks
94 Yellow Pink Accessories Door locks
93 Yellow Black Accessories Door locks
92 b Yellow White Accessories Door locks
91 b Yellow Lt Green Accessories Door locks
89 b Yellow Purple Accessories Door locks

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87 b Yellow Blue Accessories Door locks

90 b Yellow Green Accessories Door locks
86 b Yellow Brown Accessories Door locks
112 Slate Red Accessories Electric windows power
110 Slate Brown Accessories Electric windows power
118 Slate Black Accessories Electric windows power
117 Slate Yellow Accessories Electric windows power
111 Slate Blue Accessories Electric windows power
114 Slate Green Accessories Electric windows power
116 Slate White Accessories Electric windows power
115 Slate Lt Green Accessories Electric windows power
109 Slate Accessories Electric windows power
119 Slate Pink Accessories Electric windows power
113 Slate Purple Accessories Electric windows power
120 Slate Orange Accessories Electric windows power
64 b Lt Green Red Accessories Entry/exit door closed switch to door actuator
71 b Lt Green Slate Accessories Entry/exit door open switch to door actuator
39 Purple Blue Accessories Heated rear light relay or switch and warning light
46 Purple Pink Accessories Heated rear light to switch or relay
82 White Pink Accessories Ignition switch to radio
43 a Purple White Accessories Interior lights
Map, engine bay, glove box or boot lights if
40 Purple Red Accessories
directly powered
Map, engine bay, glove box or boot lights if
28 Red Purple Accessories
switched by sidelights
66 a Lt Green Green Accessories Start inhibit relay to change speed switch
72 b Lt Green Orange Accessories Switch to cab lock-down warning light
59 a Green Slate Accessories Switch to heater motor ("fast" on 3-speed)
66 b Lt Green Green Accessories Switch to heater motor ("medium" on 3-speed)
56 Green Yellow Accessories Switch to heater motor ("slow" on 3-speed)
69 Lt Green Black Accessories Switch to screen washer motor - front
72 a Lt Green Orange Accessories Switch to screen washer motor - rear

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102 Black Green Cooling Radiator fan motor from relay

108 Black Orange Cooling Radiator fan motor to thermal switch
85 a Yellow Engine Gear selector switch to starter switch
79 c White Lt Green Engine Inhibitor to starter relay or solenoid
79 b White Lt Green Engine Oil pressure switch to fuel pump
74 b White Brown Engine Oil pressure switch to starter relay
85 a Yellow Engine Overdrive
87 c Yellow Blue Engine Overdrive
89 c Yellow Purple Engine Overdrive
90 c Yellow Green Engine Overdrive
79 a White Lt Green Engine Starter switch to interlock
76 a White Red Engine Starter switch to solenoid or inhibitor or relay
85 a Yellow Fuel Fuel injector #1
86 a Yellow Brown Fuel Fuel injector #2
87 a Yellow Blue Fuel Fuel injector #3
88 a Yellow Red Fuel Fuel injector #4
89 a Yellow Purple Fuel Fuel injector #5
90 a Yellow Green Fuel Fuel injector #6
91 a Yellow Lt Green Fuel Fuel injector #7
92 a Yellow White Fuel Fuel injector #8
12 Brown Orange Fuel Fuel/diesel shutoff
78 White Green Fuel LH fuel pump to changeover switch
77 White Purple Fuel RH fuel pump to changeover switch
38 Purple Brown Horn Horn relay
45 Purple Black Horn Horn relay to switch
44 Purple Yellow Horn Horn to relay
80 White Yellow Ignition Ballast resistor or starter to coil
133 Pink White Ignition Ballast resistor to distributor
81 a White Black Ignition Coil to contact breaker
75 b White Blue Ignition Electronic distributor to drive resistor
73 White Ignition Ignition switch or starter solenoid to ballast resistor
7 Brown White Instruments Ammeter to control box/main alternator terminal

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83 White Slate Instruments Coil to current operated tachometer

81 b White Black Instruments Coil to voltage impulse tachometer
105 Black Yellow Instruments Electric speedometer
100 Black Red Instruments Electronic speedometer to sensor
Fuel gauge or voltage stabiliser to tank units or
57 Green Black Instruments
changeover switch
71 a Lt Green Slate Instruments Fuel tank switch to LH tank unit
64 a Lt Green Red Instruments Fuel tank switch to RH tank unit
31 d Red White Instruments Fuse to fibre optics lamp
Fuse to instrument light dimmer, or light or map
31 b Red White Instruments
light
31 c Red White Instruments Fuse to instrument light switch
76 b White Red Instruments Ignition to lamp failure unit
63 b Lt Green Blue Instruments Sensor to coolant level control unit
98 Black Brown Instruments Tachometer generator to tachometer
99 Black Blue Instruments Tachometer generator to tachometer
63 c Lt Green Blue Instruments Test switch to coolant level control unit
61 Lt Green Instruments Voltage stabiliser to instruments
51 Green Blue Instruments Water temperature sender to gauge
34 Red Pink Lamps Fuse to lighting relay
58 Green Pink Lamps-direction Fuse to flasher unit
52 Green Red Lamps-direction LH indicators to switch
55 Green White Lamps-direction RH indicators to switch
62 Lt Green Brown Lamps-direction Switch to flasher unit
19 d Blue White Lamps-driving Long range driving lamp switch to dip switch
20 Blue Yellow Lamps-driving Long range driving lamp switch to lamp
36 Red Orange Lamps-fog Fuse to rear fog lamps
27 Red Blue Lamps-fog Power to front fog lamp switch
32 Red Yellow Lamps-fog Switch to front fog lamps
26 Red Brown Lamps-fog Switch to rear fog lamps
41 Purple Green Lamps-hazard Hazard flasher
70 Lt Green Pink Lamps-hazard Hazard flasher to switch

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54 a Green Lt Green Lamps-hazard Hazard flasher to warning light

15 Blue Red Lamps-head Dip switch to dipped head lamp fuse
19 a Blue White Lamps-head Dip switch to main beam fuse
Fuse to LH main beam or inboard head lamps if
23 Blue Slate Lamps-head
independently fused
22 Blue Pink Lamps-head Fuse to LH main head lamp
24 Blue Orange Lamps-head Fuse to RH dip head lamp
21 Blue Black Lamps-head Fuse to RH main head lamp
19 b Blue White Lamps-head Head lamp flasher to main beam fuse
14 Blue Brown Lamps-head Head lamp relay to head lamp fuse
13 Blue Lamps-head Head lamp switch to dip switch
50 Green Brown Lamps-reverse Reversing lamp to switch
43 b Purple White Lamps-side Door safety lights to switch
Fuse to LH side and rear lamps and number plate
33 Red Black Lamps-side
lamps
31 a Red White Lamps-side Fuse to RH side and rear lamps
35 Red Slate Lamps-side Lamp failure unit to LH side and rear lamps
29 Red Green Lamps-side Lamp failure unit to RH side and rear lamps
54 b Green Lt Green Lamps-stop Stop lamps to lamp failure unit
53 a Green Purple Lamps-stop Stop lamps to switch
9 Brown Black Power Alternator battery sensing lead
4 Brown Purple Power Alternator regulator power
8 Brown Yellow Power Alternator to warning light
5 Brown Green Power Alternator/dynamo field connection to control box
Compression ignition aid or main battery power to
3 Brown Red Power
double pole ignition switch
2 Brown Blue Power Control box power to ignition and lighting switches
1 Brown Power Main battery power
11 Brown Slate Power Starter relay to starter solenoid
Brake fluid level & hand brake switch to warning
104 Black White Warnings
lamp; or radio to speakers
Brake vacuum or differential switch to warning
103 Black Lt Green Warnings
light

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Choke switch to choke solenoid and/or warning

75 a White Blue Warnings
light
59 b Green Slate Warnings Coolant level to warning light
19 c Blue White Warnings Dip switch main beam warning light
63 a Lt Green Blue Warnings Flasher unit to LH warning light
68 a Lt Green Yellow Warnings Flasher unit to RH warning light
65 Lt Green Purple Warnings Flasher unit to warning light
60 Green Orange Warnings Fuel level to warning light
53 b Green Purple Warnings Lamp failure unit to switch
74 a White Brown Warnings Oil pressure switch to warning light or gauge
67 Lt Green White Warnings Sensor to low air pressure buzzer and warning light
68 b Lt Green Yellow Warnings Switch to differential lock warning light
84 White Orange Warnings Switch to hazard light warning lamp
101 Black Purple Warnings Temperature switch to warning light
Head lamp wiper motor to head lamp wash pump
18 Blue Lt Green Wipers
motor
125 Orange Purple Wipers Intermittent unit to motor parking circuit
126 Orange White Wipers Intermittent unit to motor parking circuit
25 Red Wipers Power from sidelights switch
123 Orange Green Wipers Switch to front motor fast
Switch to front motor parking circuit or timer or
124 Orange Black Wipers
intermittent unit
Switch to front motor slow or timer or intermittent
122 Orange Blue Wipers
unit
Switch to head lamp wiper or rear motor parking
128 Orange Lt Green Wipers
circuit, timer or relay
Switch to head lamp wiper or rear motor, timer or
127 Orange Yellow Wipers
relay
129 Orange Pink Wipers Timer or relay to head lamp or rear motor
Timer or relay to head lamp or rear motor parking
130 Orange Slate Wipers
circuit
121 Orange Wipers Wiper circuits from ignition switch

Based on BS-AU7a 1983. The "Alt" column disguishes different uses for the same colour code, and the

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"System" column is my own addition.

This page was created by Paul Gover on Tuesday, October 12, 1999.

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