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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Dude I wasn't pissed off. It was a real question. It is just way to easy to read everything as sarcasm or mad. I totally agree with your statement that those are the colours for standard for DC wiring but learned the hard way several times that wiring harnesses sometimes (not always) deviate from that standard and wiring by trial and error has nasty results.
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I didn't think you were pissed off. Just that I don't
want to piss you off. You have a wicked sense of humor and sarcasm from what I've read before posting. And you're absolutely right about wire color conventions going out the window in auto wiring. I've run into situations where I could swear the manufacturer just used whatever color wire happened to be laying around that day. In the fore-mentioned MGA, add that to the fact the system was 12V positive ground and it could REALLY mess you up. I can't see the previous posts right now, but the one that first suggested using a multimeter was right on. They can be had cheap and are worth every penny when trying to trace circuitry.
Edit: In fact, black, being (supposedly) negative should be the normal ground in these cars, so green could very possibly be another positive wire for some function.