Is there a guide / best practice for wire color codeing in a SS/class-d amp?
Red is Vcc/Plus
Green is earth
But GND/common? .... black?
Vss/Minus .... just something else like blue, white, orange?
... can find a lot of guides on tube amps, but not SS/D
Baldin 🙂
Red is Vcc/Plus
Green is earth
But GND/common? .... black?
Vss/Minus .... just something else like blue, white, orange?
... can find a lot of guides on tube amps, but not SS/D
Baldin 🙂
Use what you have available. Green/yellow is usually Earth.
Blue could be either -VE or Ground ; your choice just make notes so you don't get confused.
Blue could be either -VE or Ground ; your choice just make notes so you don't get confused.
The low voltage side has no "universal" colour coding.
Invent your own coding for AC wiring and a different colour coding for DC wiring and a further coding for signal wiring. But this does require many different wire sizes and colours as a stock = equals money.
Make these something that makes sense for YOU, so that you can remember and instantly recognise when you open up an old project.
Invent your own coding for AC wiring and a different colour coding for DC wiring and a further coding for signal wiring. But this does require many different wire sizes and colours as a stock = equals money.
Make these something that makes sense for YOU, so that you can remember and instantly recognise when you open up an old project.
Everyone has their own conventions. Personally I reserve 'warm' colours like red orange and yellow for positive DC or AC supply lines and 'cool' colours like blue violet brown for negative DC or AC returns. I almost always use green for connections expected to be at ground potential.
Just observe your regions standard with respect to any mains wiring.
Just observe your regions standard with respect to any mains wiring.
Ok, thanks guys.
Will keep my scheme
Vcc = Red
GND = Black (both for input, output and PSU)
Vss = Blue
Speaker out = white, yellow or orange
Best regards Baldin 🙂
Will keep my scheme
Vcc = Red
GND = Black (both for input, output and PSU)
Vss = Blue
Speaker out = white, yellow or orange
Best regards Baldin 🙂
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