# need help on british wiring **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 21, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-on-british-wiring/20471 "2006-11-21T05:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FBodyMadnezz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fbodymadnezz/32/7433_2.png) [@FBodyMadnezz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FBodyMadnezz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-on-british-wiring/20471/1 "2006-11-21T05:52:12Z")
i have a 1978 british spitfire in my shop now with some electrical issues and i cant find anywhere that has a legend for what the symbols in the diagram mean. if any one has expirience with these cars or knows somewhere i can find a legend of some sort please let me know. :edit: sorry for wrong section. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-on-british-wiring/20471/2 "2006-11-21T05:55:46Z")
yes burn it /britishwiringjokes ok one more, why do brits like warm beer?? Lucase wired there fridges no, but what do you mean legend?? do you have a wiring diagram ---
**Author:** ![FBodyMadnezz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fbodymadnezz/32/7433_2.png) [@FBodyMadnezz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FBodyMadnezz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-on-british-wiring/20471/3 "2006-11-21T06:10:54Z")
yea i have a diagram i just dont know what some of the stuff means. i found to pictures with no descriptions online. ![http://www.turbocad.com/special/symbolsviewer/British/Electrical_Symbols/html/Thumbs/tn_ELEC1001.jpg](http://www.turbocad.com/special/symbolsviewer/British/Electrical_Symbols/html/Thumbs/tn_ELEC1001.jpg) i believe this is a resistor ![http://www.turbocad.com/special/symbolsviewer/British/Electrical_Symbols/html/Thumbs/tn_ELEC1043.jpg](http://www.turbocad.com/special/symbolsviewer/British/Electrical_Symbols/html/Thumbs/tn_ELEC1043.jpg) power source? ![http://www.turbocad.com/special/symbolsviewer/British/Electrical_Symbols/html/Thumbs/tn_ELEC1054.jpg](http://www.turbocad.com/special/symbolsviewer/British/Electrical_Symbols/html/Thumbs/tn_ELEC1054.jpg)there are others kind of like this but look more like moon symbols. some are half filled in, some are x’s with half filled in whereas some are half moon and some are just empty circles without x’s or colors. there are some others but those were the only symbols i could find pictures of ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-on-british-wiring/20471/4 "2006-11-21T07:17:05Z")
ok, hang on I will talk to the EE’s to see if there is a website with the block descriptions [http://www.searcheng.co.uk/selection/control/Articles/useful/drawing/index.htm](http://www.searcheng.co.uk/selection/control/Articles/useful/drawing/index.htm) go through there the circle is a light, the rectangle should be a power scource ---
**Author:** ![FBodyMadnezz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fbodymadnezz/32/7433_2.png) [@FBodyMadnezz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FBodyMadnezz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-on-british-wiring/20471/5 "2006-11-21T08:57:26Z")
> [@66impalass](#): > > ok, hang on I will talk to the EE’s to see if there is a website with the block descriptions > > [http://www.searcheng.co.uk/selection/control/Articles/useful/drawing/index.htm](http://www.searcheng.co.uk/selection/control/Articles/useful/drawing/index.htm) > > go through there > > the circle is a light, the rectangle should be a power scource i think the rectangles are connectors, by looking at the car and the diagram it just makes sense. lamp seemes right, but ill doublecheck ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-on-british-wiring/20471/6 "2006-11-21T09:00:09Z")
Lucas = Prince of Darkness. (Insert any other British electric joke here.)