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173 Electrical Supplies Electrical Supplies ENGINE WIRING CROSS REFERENCE CHART FOR MOST OUTBOARD ENGINES Circuit Mercury PRE-1978 Mercury 1978 & UP OMC Yamaha Force PRE-1994 Force 1994 & UP Suzuki Tohatsu Power Red Red Red Red Red Red/Purple White Red Ign. Switch White Purple Purple Yellow Blue Red/Blue Gray Red Eng. Gnd. Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Stop Circuit Orange Salmon White Black/Yellow Black/Yellow White White Black/Yellow Green/Red/ Blue Brown Eng. Start Yellow Yellow/Red Yellow/Red Brown Yellow Yellow/Red Brown/Yellow/ Red Green Tach Brown Gray Gray Green Purple Gray Yellow White Battery Charge Yellow/Red Yellow Yellow/Black Yellow Yellow/Black Green Yellow Yellow Yellow/Black Yellow/Red Yellow/White Stator CDI Power Red/White/ Blue(a) Blue Blue/White/Red Red/White Green/White White/Green Brown Brown/Yellow Brown/Black Brown/White Blue Brown Red Black/Red Blue/Yellow Brown/Blue Brown/Yellow Blue Blue/White Red Red/White Green/White White/Green Green Black/Red Red Choke Gray/Blue Yellow/Black Purple/White Blue Green Yellow/Black Orange Blue Overheat Tan Tan Tan (b) Pink Orange Tan Green/Yellow Light Blue (a) Ignition Driver Systems Only. All others were battery driven systems. (b) The stripe color on the Tan wire indicates the temperature at which the sensory trips. (c) The White/Black wire is the cold engine temp indicator and shorts to GND. at approx. 105 ° F. ABYC RECOMMENDED BOAT WIRING COLOR CODES Color Function Comments Yellow/Red Strips (YR) Engine Start Circuit Brown/Yellow Stripe (BY) Bilge Blower Alternate color is Yellow (Y) Yellow Stripe (Y) Bilge Blower If used for DC negative, blower MUST be Brown/Yellow Stripe Dark Gray (Gy) Navigation Lights Fuse or Switch to lights Dar Gray (Gy) Tachometer Brown (Br) Generator/Alternator Charge Indicator Lights, Fuse or Switch to Pumps Orange (O) Accessory Power Ammeter to alternator output and accessory fuse or switches. Distribution Panel accessory switch. Purple (Pu) Ignition Instrument Power Ignition switch to coil and electrical instruments. Distribution Panel to electric instruments. Dark Blue Cabin and instrument lights Fuse or switch to lights. Light Blue (Lt Bl) Oil Pressure Oil sender to gauge Tan Water Pressure Temperature sender to gauge Pink (Pk) Fuel Gauge Fuel sender to gauge Green/White Stripe Tilt/Trim down or in Tile and Trim Circuits Blue/White Stripe Tilt/Trim up or out Tilt and Trim Circuits To help you with your wire selection, please refer to the engine wiring cross reference chart as well as the ABYC recommended boat wiring color codes below. Premium Wire