WIRE NUMBERING AND COLOR CODES
A. Wire Numbering
Wire serial numbers are wire bundle unique and are generally chosen from the following categories:
NOTE: Wire numbers reserved for Airline use are 901-999 and 9001-9999, based on the existing wire number patterns in a given Wire bundle. For example: Wire numbers with three numerics will use 901-999 and Wire numbers with four numerics will use 9001-9999.
CATEGORY WIRE NUMBER
Single (Unshielded) 001-199
Single Shielded Wire 001-199
Shield SHA-SPZ
Twisted Pair Unshielded 201-299
Twisted Pair Shielded 201-299
Shield SHA-SPZ
Twisted Triplet Unshielded 301-399
Twisted Triplet Shielded 301-399
Shield SHA-SPZ
Twisted Quads Unshielded 401-450
Twisted Quads Shielded 401-450
Shield SHA-SPZ
Special Wires-High Temperature, Thermocouple, etc. 451-500
Overflow of above ( does not apply to shield) 501-899
8000-8999
Reserved for Airlines 900-999
9000-9999
Coaxial Cable 451-500
Shield SHA-SPZ
Twinax Cable 451-500
Shield SHA-SPZ
Triaxial Cable 451-500
Inner Shield SHI
Outer Shield SHO
Bundles with more than 900 wires ("A" 01A-A99
and "W" may be used in any combination 01W-W99
with numerics-no other alphas can be used)
Vendor Furnished Wires A-A thru Z-Z
Reserved for Airline 9-1 thru 9-99
Shield Pigtail Ferrule group to a pin, ground, splice, etc. FRA-FR9
GRA-GR9
Sleeving:
Engineering S01-S99
Mockup P01-P99
Braid Over Bundle YAA-YZZ
Polarizing plug in relay sockets PA1-PY9
Reserved for Airline PZI-PZZ
Bus Bars:
For Terminal Strips ZZA-ZZ9 Insulated for Circuit Breakers YAA-YZZ
B. Wire Color Codes
The following is a list of single character color codes used on the wire. WIRE COLOR CODE Gray A
Blue B
Green G
Black K
Purple L
Brown N
Orange O
Pink P
Red R
Tan T
Uninsulated U
Violet V
White W
Yellow Y
Wires may be identified by color instead of wire numbers.
WIRE COLOR WIRE NUMBER Black/Blue KB
Black/Brown KN
Black/Green KG
Black/Gray KA
Black/Orange KO
Black/Red KR
Black/Violet KV
Black/Yellow KY
Blue/Black BK
Blue/Brown BN
Blue/Green BG
Blue/Yellow BY
Blue/Orange BO
Blue/Pink BP
Blue/Purple BL
Blue/Green/Black AC
Brown/Orange NO
Orange/Black OK
Orange/Brown ON
Orange/Yellow OY
Red/Black RK
Red/Blue RB
Red/Brown RN
Red/Green RG
Red/Orange RO Red/Pink RP Red/Purple RL Red/Violet RV Red/Yellow RY Red/Yellow/Green AB White/Black WK White/Blue WB White/Brown WN White/Gray WA White/Green WG White/Orange WO White/Pink WP White/Purple WL White/Red WR White/Violet WV White/Yellow WY White/Black/Red AG White/Black/Violet AL White/Black/Yellow AM White/Blue/Black AK White/Blue/Yellow AA White/Brown/Red AH White/Green/Red AJ White/Red/Blue AD White/Yellow/Red AE White/Purple/Red AF Yellow/Black YK Yellow/Green YG Yellow/Orange YO Yellow/Purple YL。