Speaker wire colors??

ltr450rider13 · Oct 11, 2011

My kickers came today can't find nothing on wire colors. 2011 2500 st reg cab door speaker wire colors. I got green w yellow and green w violet. Anyone know which is pos+?? And it's getting dark out! Lol.

ltr450rider13 · Oct 11, 2011

+

Well used the knoggin and broke out the multi-meter. Violet is +.

Bluesmoke91 · Oct 11, 2011

lol nice man

LB3711 · Oct 11, 2011

Voltmeater wont always work. use a double A or triple A battery and attach wires to the battery and then to the OEM speaker and see which way the speaker moves. If it move outward than the plus side an the battery is the plus side on he speaker than you can determine on the plug if you still have the OEM plug on the wire side which is plus. It will work everytime.

Just leave it attached long enough to see the speaker move.

ltr450rider13 · Oct 11, 2011

F#$&

Well you were right, it's backwards, ain't that sum ****, good thing I still have door panel off, will have to switch in am. Thanks for the info, glad it's the first one of six, and glad wasn't my new 13.5 JL.

LB3711 · Oct 11, 2011

no problem anytime

The Assassin · Oct 11, 2011

Good info Matt!

LB3711 · Oct 11, 2011

this works for any speaker that has a cone and can/will move

joetama · Oct 13, 2011

DC battery is the easiest way to check the polarity of the speaker. Out of phase sucks.

FYI the reason a multi-meter won't work is the audio signal from that amp is AC so measuring the leads either way will give you the same reading. I had a car audio buddy could never figure this out. Although, if the amp is wired to 'common' ground then if you measure one of the unknown leads to ground (frame or some sort of 0V reference). The one that gives you no reading is the negative. But, the leads have to be disconnected from the speaker for this to work.

quietpeen · Oct 13, 2011

ltr450rider13 said:
Well you were right, it's backwards, ain't that sum ****, good thing I still have door panel off, will have to switch in am. Thanks for the info, glad it's the first one of six, and glad wasn't my new 13.5 JL.

hey, once you figure all the wires out post them up on here and I can put it in the stickied thread for speaker wire colors.

ltr450rider13 · Oct 13, 2011

Nothing to figure sorry

Sorry nothing to figure, I cut off factory connectors for doors, LB3711 told me bout the battery trick. One w/ yellow tracer is + and violet - my 3.5 came today but gonna get pigtails can't get crimpers in to crimp butt splices, better to leave factory plugs. The pigtails only cost 8 bucks

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