OMC Fishing Boat Group D.S.I and Ace Industries color codes
Following, is a color code chart for OMC fresh-water boat accessory electrical manufactured before and after 1992. If the boat your are servicing was built prior to '92, you may have to use the color code chart on the right:
From '92 to the present Models prior to '92
Function Wire color / Stripe color Wire color / Stripe color
Fused + from battery Red Red
Negative from battery Black Black
Accessory + Orange/Black Orange/Black
Horn (signaling dev.) Orange/White Orange/White
Horn sw. + Orange Orange/White
Bow light (Nav) Gray/Black Gray/Black
Stern light (Anc) Gray Gray
Nav/Anc sw. + Orange/Gray Orange/Gray
Instrument lights Blue Blue
Courtesy light Blue or Blue/White Blue/Black
Compartment light Lt. Blue Lt. Blue/White
Court/Compart lt. sw. + Blue/Orange Orange/Blue
Bilge #1 - switched Brown Brown
Bilge #2 - switched Brown/Green Brown/Red
Bilge float sw. + Orange/Green Orange/Red
Bilge helm sw. + Brown/Orange Orange/Brown
Port/Fwd aerator pump Tan Brown/White
Port/Fwd aerator sw. + Tan/Orange Brn/Red/Orn
Port/Fwd aer timer sender Tan/Red N/A
Stbd/Aft aerator pump Brown/White Brown/Black
Stbd/Aft aerator sw. + Orange/Brown Brn/Red/Blk
Stbd/Aft aer timer sender Tan/Purple N/A
Port/Fwd recirc pump Tan/Blue Brown/Blue
Stbd/Aft recirc pump Brown/Yellow Brown/Yellow
Timer + 12V Red/Purple Brown/Orange
Timer pulsed output Brown/Black Tan/Purple
Timer 2 min. select Green Green
Timer 6 min select Yellow Red
Select or timer sw. neg. Yellow/Green Tan
Trim pump down Green/White Green/White
Trim pump up Blue/White Blue/White
Trim sw. + Red/White Red/White
Single fuel tank sender Pink Pink
Port fuel tank sender Pink/White Pink/White
Stbd fuel tank sender Pink/Black Pink/Black