Which Wire is Ground? Headlight/Foglight
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BLACK 05 C230SS
Which Wire is Ground? Headlight/Foglight
Hi,
Sorry to bug you guys but I'm not an electrician and need some help. I'm installing HID Fogs and Headlights and just want to know on the Headlight and Foglight which color is positive and negative?
FOG = BROWN(negative?) AND GREEN
HEADLIGHT = BROWN(negative?) AND YELLOW
Sorry to bug you guys but I'm not an electrician and need some help. I'm installing HID Fogs and Headlights and just want to know on the Headlight and Foglight which color is positive and negative?
FOG = BROWN(negative?) AND GREEN
HEADLIGHT = BROWN(negative?) AND YELLOW
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2004 CLK500, 78 6.9,
Brown is always (-) on Mercedes.
Originally Posted by razorfish228
Hi,
Sorry to bug you guys but I'm not an electrician and need some help. I'm installing HID Fogs and Headlights and just want to know on the Headlight and Foglight which color is positive and negative?
FOG = BROWN(negative?) AND GREEN
HEADLIGHT = BROWN(negative?) AND YELLOW
Sorry to bug you guys but I'm not an electrician and need some help. I'm installing HID Fogs and Headlights and just want to know on the Headlight and Foglight which color is positive and negative?
FOG = BROWN(negative?) AND GREEN
HEADLIGHT = BROWN(negative?) AND YELLOW
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99 E320
what annoys me is despite color code convention...it really is plural 'conventions'.
i hate it when i have a device and you know it's 12vdc and you're having
to sort out BLACK vs BROWN...., on a Mercedes. you'd think by now,
some electrical standard would have lessened this confusion. i guess from
their end, it's not.
i hate it when i have a device and you know it's 12vdc and you're having
to sort out BLACK vs BROWN...., on a Mercedes. you'd think by now,
some electrical standard would have lessened this confusion. i guess from
their end, it's not.
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2005 C Wagon (No snickering please!)
All German cars since I've been alive follow a DIN standard specifies brown for chassis connections. Ford, VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW, & Opel follow this standard.
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Originally Posted by Moviela
All German cars since I've been alive follow a DIN standard specifies brown for chassis connections. Ford, VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW, & Opel follow this standard.
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