Intruder

Hello everyone! I installed a new set of speakers in my car last night, but I did not have the color codes for the wires and I may have switched the polarity on a few (all) of the speakers. What are the adverse effects (if any) of doing so?

Thanks for your time!

Martin

Sir Nuke

if the speakers are not hooked up the same.....they are said to be "out of phase"....and what can actually happen is the sound waves are exact opposites and in effect cancel each other out.

Intruder

I perfectly understand that...
I guess I have to go back and rewire the speakers.

How do I know which wire is which? Is there a color code chart for a 2nd gen Protege?

MisterT

Not sure what the color scheme is on that year, but if there is a stripe on the wire, it is negative and solid is positive.

Calibur

did you keep the connector for the old speakers??? If so you should know which wire connects to what on the old speakers. Then Take a battery and hook it up to the old speaker. Whichever polarity with the battery makes the speaker push outwards that is the right way to wire them. Then you know which is pos and which is neg.

Intruder

That's what I thought and that's how I wired the speakers. I guess everythign should be OK, but I'll double check when I do my sound deadening project next week.

Thanks!