GENERAL HOOKUP WIRE
Ground
Filament
B+/HT
Screen grid
Cathode
Control grid
Plate
Power Supply negative
AC Line
AGC (receivers) or C- (bias)
Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green (except when green wire is used for safety ground on line cords)
Blue
Violet
Grey (except some line cords are Black / White)
White
AUDIO FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS
Plate (finish) lead of primary
B+ lead
Plate (start)
Grid (finish) lead to secondary
Grid return
Grid (start)
Blue
Red (applies whether or not the primary is center tapped)
Brown (lead on center-tapped primaries, Blue may be used if polarity is unimportant)
Green
Black (this applies whether the secondary is plain or center tapped)
Yellow (lead on center tapped secondaries Green may be used if polarity is unimportant)
Note: These markings apply also to line-to-grid and tube-to-line transformers.
POWER TRANSFORMERS
Primary Leads
•Common
•Tap
•Finish
Black, and if tapped:
Black
Black and Yellow Striped
Black and Red Striped
High Voltage Plate
•Center Tap
Rectifier Filament
•Center Tap
Filament Winding 1
•Center Tap
Filament Winding 2
•Center Tap
Filament Winding 3
•Center Tap
Red
Red and Yellow Striped
Yellow
Yellow and Blue Striped
Green
Green and Yellow Striped
Brown
Brown and Yellow Striped
Slate
Slate and Yellow Striped
Source: Radio Amateurs Handbook, ARRL, 1968