Wiring Question

pommyroy · Member

Wiring Question

KFT · Guru

at a guess, I would say white is earth, red is stop, that leaves yellow for plate light.

frank

aussie_paul · Guru

Brown is licence and rear lamps I think.

Aussie Paul. smile

pommyroy · Member

KFT wrote:
at a guess, I would say white is earth, red is stop, that leaves yellow for plate light.

frank

Thanks Frank.

dorian · Guru

S----- stop light -----E----- plate light -----P

Measure the resistances between each pair of wires (S & E, E & P, S & P). The pair with the largest resistance will be S & P. The remaining wire will then be Earth.

Now remove one of the bulbs and measure the resistances between S & E and E & P. This will identify each bulb.

If the lamps are LEDs rather than incandescents, then remove both lamps and measure the resistances between each of the lamp's terminals and each of the wires. The wire that is common to both lamps is the Earth.

-- Edited by dorian on Saturday 29th of March 2014 05:19:21 AM

Kooroorinya Kelpie · Senior Member

Brown is tail/no plate light. Red stop/brake, white is earth.

dorian · Guru

From the horse's mouth (info at macrac dot com dot au) ...

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The white wire is earth, the red are the tail lights and the yellow is the
brake light. Please feel free the call the number below for further
assistants.

Cheers
Jade Rand
MAC*RAC
Ph: (07) 3353 1123
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BTW, it would have helped a lot if the OP had correctly described the product as a "mac rac light" or "mac*rac light".

www.macrac.com.au/products/accessories/other-accessories/

Google doesn't find too many "raclights".

Here is the company's contact page:
www.macrac.com.au/contact/

BTW, even though the response to my support question was commendably prompt, I don't know how I should feel about a company that spells its own address as "Evetron Hills" instead of "Everton Hills", nor am I too sure about how many "further assistants" they might have.

KFT · Guru

I was close
had the earth right.

frank

dorian · Guru

KFT wrote:
I was close
had the earth right.

frank

Close enough isn't always good enough, especially in electrical situations.

I prefer to get my information from credible, authoritative sources. The Internet has too much noise and very little signal.

KFT · Guru

G'day Dorian

you are quite correct, you did the research and produced the correct answer

I was guessing and I shouldn't have done that.

my apologies to the OP for my lax attitude.

frank

03_troopy · Guru

Might have helped if they had used standard colours for their macrac light too. But then again, there is no law that says they should (except common sense).