Over the years ive heard many explanations for why some technicians choose not to work on european vehicles. Circuit block schematic diagrams.

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European wiring diagram. Double pole main circuit breaker protects both the hot and the neutral leads. Cross reference mz081001en effective november 2013. But just in case you run across a diagram with the orig inal wiring color codes use the wire colors key at left to sort things out. By the way color codes for electrical wiring are defined in din 47 002. The following requirements on wire color. The canadian electrical code cec regulates electrical wiring color coding in canada.
Wire colors in those diagrams should be labeled with abbreviations youll be able to understand. Din 40700 to 40717. The following tables describe the device and show the symbol by area of usage. The european 230v 50hz supply consists of 3 wires like the us. 6 wiring color codes in europe iec for dc supply. The following tables describe the device and show the symbol by area of usage.
Cenelec en 50 013. Triple pole breaker may be used to also protect. Wiring color codes in canada. Main breaker protects both hot leads. Common schematicwiring diagram symbols used throughout various parts of the world. 1 hot 1 neutral and 1 safety ground.
European wiring diagrams may look strange and incomprehensible. 230v 50hz is obtained between the hot and neutral lead. Iec 617 1 to 617 8. The purpose of this document is to provide a simple cross reference of common schematicwiring diagram symbols used throughout various parts of the world. The ac power cable color code is nearly similar to the code used in the usa except exclusion of bare copper from ground wire. But theyre not so tough to understand when the underlying standards are explained.
The graphical symbols were taken from the following standards.