Thermocouple Extension Conductor Color Code Information Sheet
Conductor Material
Thermocouple
Type
Positive
KX
Chromel
JX
Iron
Negative
American
ANSI MC96.1
+
Jacket
Yellow
Red
Yellow
Alumel
White
Blue
TX
Copper
Chromel
NX
Nicrosil
RX/SX
Copper
BX
Copper
Red
Constantan
Purple
EX
Red
Constantan
Red
Constantan
Orange
Red
Nisil
Black
Red
PCLW
Gray
Copper
Red
IEC
584
White
+
Green
Jacket
Green
+
Brown
Standards & Color Codes
British
Japanese
BS 1843
JIS 1680
Jacket
+
Blue
Red
Red
White
Jacket
Blue
+
Red
German
DIN 43714
Jacket
Green
Green
French
NFC 42324
+
Jacket
Yellow Purple
Purple
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
–
–
–
–
Black
Black
White
Black
Yellow
Blue
Black
Red
White
Yellow
Red
Blue
Blue
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
–
–
–
Blue
Brown
White
Brown
White
Blue
Blue
Red
White
Brown
Red
Brown
Brown
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
–
–
–
Purple
Purple
White
Purple
Brown
Blue
Brown
Red
White
Purple
Red
Black
Black
Yellow
Black
Black
+
–
Yellow
Blue
Blue
+
–
Yellow
Orange
Orange
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
–
–
–
–
Orange
Pink
White
Pink
Orange
Blue
Orange
+
+
+
–
–
–
Green
Orange
White
Orange
White
Blue
Green
N/A
Red
White
N/A
Black
Red
White
N/A
White
Yellow
Green
Green
+
+
+
+
+
+
–
–
–
–
–
–
Gray
Gray
White
Gray
Red
+
+
–
–
N/A
White
Gray
Red
Gray
Gray
+
+
–
–
N/A
• Dekoron's standard thermocouple extension cables are built to the American ANSI MC96.1 standard.
•IEC allows for intrinsically safe thermocouple extension cables. In this case, the jacket color is changed to blue, while the conductor colors remain unchanged.
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Rev 0 - JS - 2.20.2014