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if you have connected the power supply up backwards (crossed over plus to minus ) then im afraid you've damaged it internally , but if you have only connected the speakers backwards , that's not too bad . unpower it and ck your wiring to the speakers make sure all the speakers red or + goes to the positive or + on the amp and the negative goes to the other terminal
check wires from stereo to speaker by using a 9 volt battery on two wires to the back rt and a light bulb,then do two wires to rear lft ,then do the front,you may have polarity backwards,use black as ground
you need new wiring for your radio, a new radio, new speakers, new wires going to your light and a new light. hooking up a battery wrong can destroy a car. your lucky it didn't catch fire.
the white wires are usually the positive(+) terminal...you can hook it up backwards but the phase of the speaker would be affected...this would cause you to lose your bass response...if you have any doubts, you can simply try it hooked up one way, then reverse the connections on one(1) speaker to see if the bass response comes back
if you hook them up and they dont work then they are backwards. the model of sub that u have doesnt show positive or negative. it wont harm the speaker to hook it up backwards. just try it and see if it works.
Passive Radiators are not driven by the amp. They have no voice coil and no power goes to them. They are used to enhance the bass or lower frequencies in a speaker system. They work by utilizing the back pressure that a driver (woofer) produces. When a woofer produces sound, it moves forward and backwards inside the speaker cabinet. This backward motion is what drives the passive radiator. So in order for the passive radiator to work, it would have to be placed in speaker cabinet along with a woofer that is hooked up to an audio amp.
look at the speakers, is one jumping out and the other drawing in? If so try this. Hook one speaker up normally, reverse the polarity on th other. Hook it opposite how you hooked the other up. This won't hurt a thing but it may cure the problem. Sometimes the amps get wired up backwards inside. I know for a fact that fosgate does cause mine was.
You don't need a model number to fix the wire. Any stereo headphone wire will work to replace the old one. Just be sure to check to see which wire is hooked where on your speaker. You need to put the ground wire in the same place the ground wire is on your speaker, the same applying to the hot wire. If you get the two wires backward you reverse the polarity going to the speaker and it will not sound right.
You can use a 9 volt battery to test wire polarity
. Hook up the + wire of the speaker to the + terminal of the battery and the - speaker to the - battery terminal. If the speaker moved UP or OUT then the wiring is correct.
If it moved IN or DOWN then the + and - wires are backwards on the speaker.
Also if you have two or more speakers hooked together test all the same way while they are hooked to each other. ALL of the speakers need to move in the same direction at the same time.
Clipping causes more speaker damage than anything. "Dirty Power" can happen in good quality amps too. The gain control is to match the voltage between the headunit and the amp. It is NOT a volume or boost knob. If you overdrive the first stage of the amp and then clip it damage will occur to the amp and speakers at some point.
Connect each speaker coil one at a time to a square 9 volt battery and watch for the cone to move.
Also try hooking another speaker to your amp just to make sure it isn't in the amp.
You can use a 9 volt battery to test wire polarity also. Hook up the + wire of the speaker to the + terminal of the battery and the - speaker to the - battery terminal. If the speaker moved UP or OUT then the wiring is correct. If it moved IN or DOWN then the + and - wires are backwards on the speaker.
Also if you have two or more speakers hooked together test all the same way while they are hooked to each other. ALL of the speakers need to move in the same direction at the same time.
Clipping causes more speaker damage than anything. "Dirty Power" can happen in good quality amps too. The gain control is to match the voltage between the headunit and the amp. It is NOT a volume or boost knob. If you overdrive the first stage of the amp and then clip it damage will occur to the amp and speakers at some point.
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