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or just get a dvom and touch the wires with the test leads and itll say the voltage going to it and if your touching it backwards itll say negativeOriginally Posted by yitzac1990
heres an easy test. get a 9v battery and 2 spare wires to attach to the 9v battery. touch the positive wire from the battery to one wire going to the speaker, and the negative battery wire to the other wire for the speaker. the speaker will "pop." if the speaker "pops" outward (away from magnet), then that means the wires are hooked up correctly, and the wire that is connected to the positive on the battery IS the speakers positive, and negative on the battery IS the negative speaker wire. if the speaker "pops" inward (toward the magnet), reverse the wires, and now you know which wire is positive and which is negative. this works for all speakers pretty much.
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verry effing nice you should fabricate them and sell em dude you'll make moneyOriginally Posted by Elvis077
scratch that other stuff.. here's how it should be.
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Actualy, the electricity going to speakers is AC, so there is not positive or negative wire.Originally Posted by mguerrero
or just get a dvom and touch the wires with the test leads and itll say the voltage going to it and if your touching it backwards itll say negative
The "+" and "-" on speaker wires are just references to help you connect them in phase.
The battery trick can work, or you can just go by ear. To do it by ear, just sit in the car, and listen to something that sends a good amount of bass to your speakers. If the bass is very weak, chances are your drivers are out of phase. Reverse the polarity on one of them and try again. If this time the bass is better, your speakers are correctly in phase. If there's less bass, and/or your sound is very diffused, your speakers are out of phase.
