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User Manual
PAT-Stand-1
Release 1.52
5 Cable colors and naming conventions
The naming convention and color codes of the potentiostat´s cell cable leads are not
standardized between manufacturers. The table below is an incomplete list of some popular
instruments.
Important note:
The application of our test cells is not limited to the potentiostats listed
below. Our test cells can be used with all other potentiostats as well.
Exemplary
potentiostat
WE
WE-Sense
CE
CE-Sense
RE
BioLogic
SP, VMP, VSP, MPG
WE
Red cable
Ref1
Red cable
CE
Blue cable
Ref3
Blue cable
Ref2
White cable
Gamry Instruments
Reference 600
TM
and 3000
TM
,
Interface 5000
Green cable
Blue cable
Red cable
Orange cable
White cable
Ivium Technologies
IviumStat, Ivium-n-Stat,
CompactStat, Vertex
W
Red cable
S
White cable
C
Black cable
Not available
R
Blue cable
Metrohm Autolab
PGSTAT Series
WE
Red cable
S
Red cable
CE
Black cable
Not available
RE
Blue cable
Princeton Applied Research
PARSTAT 2273
WKNG
Green cable
SENSE
Grey cable
CNTR
Red cable
Not available
REF
White cable
WonATech
ZIVE SERIES
WE
Green cable
WS
Blue cable
CE
Red cable
Not available
RE
White cable
