The automobile wiring harness is the main body of the automobile circuit, and there is no automobile circuit without the wiring harness. Wire harness refers to a component that is formed by crimping contact terminals (connectors) made of copper material with wires and cables, and then plasticizing an insulator or adding a metal shell on the outside to form a connected circuit. Automotive wiring harness manufacturers introduce the special meaning of the color codes of automotive wiring harnesses. You certainly don’t know some of them. Let’s take a look:
①Professional terms
Monochrome wire: A wire whose insulating surface is one color.
Two-color wire: A wire with two colors on the insulating surface.
Main color: The color with a large area ratio in the two-color wire.
Auxiliary color: color with small area ratio in two-color wire.
②Color and code of automobile wiring harness
Thread color commonly used abbreviations Chinese Thread color commonly used abbreviations Chinese
Black BLK/B Black Light Green LT GRN Light Green
Blue BLU/BL Orange ORG/ O Orange
Brown BRN/BR Brown Pink PNK/P Pink
Clear CLR/CL Transparent Purple PPL/PP Purple
Dark Blue DK BLU Dark Blue Red RED/R Red
Dark Green DK GRN Dark Green Tan TAN/T Brown
Green GRN/G Green Violet VIO/ V Pink Purple
Gray GRY/ GR Gray White WHT//W White
Light Blue LT BLU Yellow YEL/Y Yellow
③The color composition of automobile wiring harness
The color of the wire should be one color first, and then two colors.
④Training line
A black wire should be used for the grounding wire of various automobile electrical appliances. The black wire has no other purpose except for grounding.
⑤The color of automobile wiring harness
The color of the wire is indicated by the color code, such as a single-color wire, the color is red, and it is marked as "R";
Two-color wire, the first color is the main color, the second color is the auxiliary color, the main color is red, and the auxiliary color is white, marked as "RW".