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Re: Wire coding
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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 3 May 1999 11:59:47 -0700
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On 1 May 99, at 23:15, Jim Gemeinhardt wrote:

> Can someone answer a wire color coding question?
>
> On system case wire color coding.  The wires for Power, Reset, Speaker etc.
> are always white plus another color.  Is white always ground or is there a
> specific scheme?

  For those wires that connect to switches, the colours don't matter.

  For the wires that go to the speaker, the colours don't matter.

  For wires that go to LEDs, the ground side should be black or white.  The
LED will not light if the wires are reversed, but no damage will be done.


David G

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