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The international standard IEC 60446 Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Identification of equipment terminals, conductor terminations and conductors was a standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) that defined basic safety principles for identifying electrical conductors by colours or numerals, for example in ...
In European countries, an attempt has been made to harmonise national wiring standards in an IEC standard, IEC 60364 Electrical Installations for Buildings. Hence national standards follow an identical system of sections and chapters. However, this standard is not written in such language that it can readily be adopted as a national wiring code.
DIN Standard DIN 47100 regulated the color-coding for the identification of cores in telecommunication cables. The standard was withdrawn without a replacement in November 1998, but remains in widespread use by cable manufacturers. The isolations of the several wires in a cable are either solidly colored in one color, or striped lengthwise in ...
A 2.26 kΩ, 1%-precision resistor with 5 color bands (), from top, 2-2-6-1-1; the last two brown bands indicate the multiplier (×10) and the tolerance (1%).. An electronic color code or electronic colour code (see spelling differences) is used to indicate the values or ratings of electronic components, usually for resistors, but also for capacitors, inductors, diodes and others.
The first rubber-insulated cables for US building wiring were introduced in 1922 with US patent 1458803, Burley, Harry & Rooney, Henry, "Insulated electric wire", issued 1923-06-12, assigned to Boston Insulated Wire and Cable . These were two or more solid copper electrical wires with rubber insulation, plus woven cotton cloth over each ...
Colour code [8] voltage range 20–25 V 40–50 V 100–130 V 200–250 V 300–480 V 500–1000 V common color violet white yellow blue red black common application 24 V single-phase AC/DC power single-phase AC/DC power 125 V single-/split-phase AC power 250 V single-/split-phase AC power 400 V 3-phase AC power 500 V on marine vessels
IEC 60446 Wiring colours (Withdrawn, replaced by IEC 60445:2010) IEC 60447 Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification – Actuating principles; IEC 60450 Measurement of the average viscometric degree of polymerization of new and aged cellulosic electrically insulating materials
A mnemonic which includes color name(s) generally reduces the chances of confusing black and brown. Some mnemonics that are easy to remember: Big Boys Race Our Young Girls But Violet Generally Wins.