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    This document provides wiring color codes for DC systems and engine/accessory wiring on boats. It lists the color, use, and typical connections for common wiring applications. Green or green/yellow is for DC grounding, black or yellow for negative, and red for positive conductors. Colors like yellow/red, brown/yellow, dark gray, brown, orange, purple, dark blue, light blue, tan, and pink designate circuits for starting, bilge blowers, navigation lights, generators, pumps, ignition, cabin/instrument lights, oil pressure, water temperature, and fuel gauges. Green and blue stripes indicate tilt and trim circuits.

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    This document provides wiring color codes for DC systems and engine/accessory wiring on boats. It lists the color, use, and typical connections for common wiring applications. Green or green/yellow is for DC grounding, black or yellow for negative, and red for positive conductors. Colors like yellow/red, brown/yellow, dark gray, brown, orange, purple, dark blue, light blue, tan, and pink designate circuits for starting, bilge blowers, navigation lights, generators, pumps, ignition, cabin/instrument lights, oil pressure, water temperature, and fuel gauges. Green and blue stripes indicate tilt and trim circuits.

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    Wiring Color Code

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    This document provides wiring color codes for DC systems and engine/accessory wiring on boats. It lists the color, use, and typical connections for common wiring applications. Green or green/yellow is for DC grounding, black or yellow for negative, and red for positive conductors. Colors like yellow/red, brown/yellow, dark gray, brown, orange, purple, dark blue, light blue, tan, and pink designate circuits for starting, bilge blowers, navigation lights, generators, pumps, ignition, cabin/instrument lights, oil pressure, water temperature, and fuel gauges. Green and blue stripes indicate tilt and trim circuits.

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    GENERAL WIRING COLOR CODE

    Color Use
    Green or green w/yellow stripe(s) DC Grounding Conductors
    Black or Yellow DC Negative Conductors
    Red DC Positive Conductors
    Engine and Accessory Wiring Color Code
    Colour Item Use
    Yellow w/red strip (YR) Starting circuit Starting switch to solenoid
    Brown/yellow stripe (BY) or Yellow Bilge blowers Fuse or switch to blowers
    (Y) – see note
    Dark Gray (Gy) Navigation lights Fuse or switch to lights
    Tachometer Tachometer sender to gauge
    Brown (Br) Generator armature Generator armature to regulator

    Alternator charge light Generator


    Terminal/alternator
    Auxiliary terminal to light to
    regulator
    Pumps Fuse or switch to pumps
    Orange (O) Accessory feed Ammeter to alternator or generator
    output and accessory fuses or
    switches
    Distribution panel to accessory
    switch
    Purple (Pu) Ignition Ignition switch to coil and electrical
    instruments
    Instrument feed Distribution panel to electric
    instruments
    Dark blue Cabin and instrument lights Fuse or switch to lights
    Light blue (Lt Bl) Oil pressure Oil pressure sender to gauge
    Tan Water temperature Water temperature sender to gauge
    Pink (Pk) Fuel gauge Fuel gauge sender to gauge
    Green/stripe (G/x) Tilt down and/or trim in Tilt and/or trim circuits
    Except G/Y

    Blue/stripe (Bl/x) Tilt up and/or trim out Tilt and/or trim circuits

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