| Switch and indicator light colors [message #64931] |
Thu, 19 November 2009 15:38  |
petemosss
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Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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Can any of you from the automotive or aviation world shed any light (sorry) on what is colored what and why when it comes to switches and indicator lights in a cockpit or dash configuration?
Red- Fuels?
Amber- Lights?
etc...
I'm not that smart and can't seem to come up with anything that makes sense.
Thanks!
Pete
74 Canyon Lands 26' "Emery"
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| Re: Switch and indicator light colors [message #64978 is a reply to message #64931] |
Thu, 19 November 2009 20:55  |
Bob de Kruyff
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""Can any of you from the automotive or aviation world shed any light (sorry) on what is colored what and why when it comes to switches and indicator lights in a cockpit or dash configuration?
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Pete--that's a great issue and even today there is a long way to go. During the vintage of our GMC's there was almost no consistant pattern even within GM. You would think that green means OK, amber means caution, and red means trouble. That was just starting to take hold at the time. Because of lack of accord within the industry, international and federal standards made an attempt to standardize all kinds of signals. My personal opinion is that it's at about an 80% level--meaning that no matter what vehicle you get in, you will pretty well know what is going on. And then you get into the issue of flashing vs on full time. Almost all new vehicles will at least give you a verbal in the driver information center (DIC)
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: Switch and indicator light colors [message #64993 is a reply to message #64931] |
Thu, 19 November 2009 21:56 |
pyolet
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In aviation, generally white/green/blue indicator lights are informational, amber lights usually indicate a system failure requiring attention, and the red ones require immediate attention/emergency procedure. i.e. info, precautionary, emergency.
As far as switches go, I was taught that it's okay to fiddle with the shiny ones but don't touch the rusty ones or those with the red guards unless you mean it!!! No, really, there's no switch color protocol that I'm aware of....but the switches are often shaped to make them visibly and tactilely unique.
Hope that's what you were looking for.
Woody.
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