Electric wires with identification indicators
Colors for electric wires are reduced. A plurality of electric wires to be connected to a single connector have a single color, rubber plugs are attached to boundary portions that are each located extending from a terminal for connection to a connector connected to an end of the electric wire to the insulating coating of the electric wire, and the rubber plugs have different colors for identification.
1. Electric wires with identification indicators, the electric wires being included in a wire harness to be laid out in an automobile, insulating coatings of the electric wires to be inserted into and locked to a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers of a single connector to be connected to the wire harness not having different colors for circuit identification but a single color, rubber plugs being attached to boundary portions that extend from crimp terminals for connection to a connector that is connected to an end of the electric wires to the insulating coatings of the electric wires by crimping the rubber plugs at insulating coating barrels of the crimp terminals, the rubber plugs having different colors for circuit identification, rear portions of the rubber plugs projecting outward from insertion openings of the terminal accommodating chambers of the connector in a condition in which the electric wires are connected to the connector, circuits of the electric wires being identifiable by the colors of the rubber plugs.
2. The electric wires with identification indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the different colors are attained by molding the rubber plugs using rubber compositions obtained by blending different pigments with an elastomer or rubber serving as a material for molding the rubber plugs, or by applying paints of different colors to rubber plugs molded using the same material.
3. The electric wires with identification indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the electric wires, which are to be used in an automobile, are configured such that they each have a single ground color and no stripes, the number of different ground colors being less than 13, and rubber plugs of different colors are attached to the electric wires.
4. The electric wires with identification indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber plugs are waterproofing rubber plugs that are attached to ends of the electric wires to be connected to a waterproof connector, and annular projecting portions provided on the rubber plug are brought into intimate contact with an inner circumferential surface of terminal accommodating chambers of the waterproof connector.
5. The electric wires with identification indicators according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber plugs are attached to ends of the electric wires connected to a non-waterproof connector and used as circuit identification indicators, the rubber plugs are formed into a thin cylindrical tube shape, and the rubber plugs are arranged such that a gap is formed between the rubber plugs and an inner circumferential surface of terminal accommodating chambers of the non-waterproof connector.