Correct colour wiring for the Stag

[ukbiggles]

Hi

Does anyone know where you can get the correct colour wiring for the Stag. I need lengths of different colours to fit a Mk2 hazard flasher to my Mk1 and would like to use the correct colours if I can.

Thanks

Gord

[brian0443]

Gord
I kept this link which someone posted a few years ago. http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.e...e/homepage.php.

Brian

[ukbiggles]

Great, Brian, thanks

Cheers

Gord

[dasadrew]

I always use these guys, but I don't think there's much difference between the two. I've found AES to be lightning fast.

http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/

[ukbiggles]

Thanks, Drew

[ukbiggles]

Hi all

I have taken a while to get around to thinking about this again. How do I make sure I buy the right type of cable (amperage)?

Someone recently produced a list of all cable colours and their function in the Stag, but is there an equivalent list of what voltage and current the various items take/consume?

Sorry if this is a basic question.

Cheers

Gord

[dasadrew]

Just going through this process myself. The Autosparks site has a table of old Lucas cable sizes and amperages, and I believe the auto electrics suppliers listed above also have a guide to cable thickness and amperage listed against their cables.

I just measured my Mk2 Stag cable and the majority is:

14 x 0,25 = 0.7mm² cross section area (CSA); 2,3mm outside diameter. (14 strands of 0.25mm copper filaments)

The modern equivalent which I shall go for is thin walled PVC. It has (I think) a much better temperature resistance, has an outside diameter of 2.0mm so will fit into all existing grommets and connectors.

It is 32 strands of 0.2mm copper = 1.0mm² so has a much larger CSA than the original, thus offering much less resistance. Haven't measured the thicker Stag cables yet. Have also ordered a selection of pins and connectors from Autosparks, as it seems that they might have the correct pins to rewire existing Stag plugs and connectors.

[ukbiggles]

Hi Drew

That's very helpful, thanks.

I suppose for the immediate task of introducing a hazard warning relay etc, I'd have thought that the cable size you have described would be just fine.

What I suppose I was also after was an idea of what current various items draw when operational. Though not sure if I'll ever be modifying the wiring again!!

Thanks also for the tip on the connectors.

[dasadrew]

Most of the electrical "users" are known in terms of their wattage.

Amps = Watts/Volts.

A 5W tail light in a 12V system draws 5/12 = 0.42 Amps
A 21W indicator bulb draws 21/12 = 1.75 Amps.

[ukbiggles]

Hi Drew

Ah,yes, thanks for that gentle reminder of Ohm's Law. I had forgotten it would be as simple as that. So I guess for my hazard flashers, as there are 4 indicators, the hazard relay will be drawing 4 times the individual bulb current, around 7amps?

Cheers

Gord

[StagnJag]

Don't forget the side repeaters! - there are actually 6 bulbs, (plus the two diddy ones on the instrument cluster and the one in the switch!!).

Rgds

Dave

[ukbiggles]

Cheers, Dave, thanks for pointing that out, so about 13 amps should cover it? So if the hazards are to be powered from the battery control circuit, does it make sense to include an in-line fuse of (say) 15 amps to protect the hazard wiring?

Gord