Truck Wiring

[timmer656]

Is there an SAE standard that gives recommendations on wiring practices on trucks, fire trucks to be exact? We are designing a new product that will be installed onto a fire truck. I would like to make sure that our wiring is compliant with the SAE standard.

 

[mloew]

Timmer656,

While not specific to fire-trucks, the following information be useful to you:

SAE International
J163 Low Tension Wiring and Cable Terminals and Splice Clips
J381 Windshield Defrosting Systems Test Procedures -Trucks, Buses, and Multipurpose Vehicles
J382 Windshield Defrosting Systems Performance Requirements Trucks, Buses, and Multipurpose Vehicles
J560 Seven Conductor Electrical Connector for Truck-Trailer Jumper Cable
J994 Alarm - Backup - Electric Laboratory Performance Testing, Standard
J1292 Automobile, Truck, Truck-Tractor, Trailers, and Motor Coach Wiring
J1587 Joint SAE/TMC Electronic Data Interchange between Microcomputer Systems in Heavy Duty Vehicle Applications
J1708 Serial Data Communications between Microcomputer Systems in Heavy-Duty Vehicle Applications 13
J1850 Class B Data Communications Network Interface
J1939 Series: J1939-11 Physical Layer – 250K bits/s, Shielded Twisted Pair J1939-13 Off-Board Diagnostic Connector
J1939-21 Data Link Layer
J1939-31 Network Layer
J1939-71 Vehicle Application Layer
J1939-73 Application Layer – Diagnostics
J1939-81 Recommended Practice for Serial Control and Communications Vehicle Network – Part 81 – Network Management

Available from SAE International
400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096

http://www.sae.org

Best regards,

Matthew Ian Loew
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