Which is the positive and negative terminal on these speakers

Generally, if treminal isn't labeled or colored(red positive, black negative) the larger of the two will be positive. However, if there are only two speakers in a system, as long as they are both wired the same, the system will still be in phase.

Hi,

Look closely at the terminal of the speaker, the size is different from positive and negative.

The bigger terminal should be positive( + ) with a stamp mark on the terminal itself.

The small one should be the negative ( - ).

Hope that helps you!


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Hook up the speaker wire like this...Positive wire to positive terminal on top then run a loop from the top positive to the bottom positive. Next run the negative wire to the negative terminal on the bottom then run a loop from the bottom negative to the top negative.

easy fix. all you do is connect the wires to the speaker then touch the other end to the car battery quickly when the speaker pops outward the positive and negative on the battery will determine the speaker positive and negative. hope i explained it well enough so that you understand. good luck

The cables for you In-Car stereo are as follows:

Black - Earth to to the chassis.
Yellow - Live that should be connected directly to the car battery and not the igniton.
Red - To an accessory terminal in the fuse block.
Blue / White stripe - To remote antenna (if fitted)
White / Black stripe - Front left speaker (negative terminal)
White - Front left speaker (positive terminal)
Grey / Black stripe - Front right speaker (negative terminal)
Grey - Front right speaker (positive terminal)
Green / Black stripe - Rear left speaker (negative terminal)
Green - Rear left speaker (positive terminal)
Purple / Black stripe - Rear right speaker (negative terminal)
Purple = Rear right speaker (positive terminal)

That covers all off the cables that you should have with the car stereo.

If they are single voice coil speakers (1 positive and 1 negative terminal on each speaker) then connect from amps' Positive output terminal to spkr. 1 positive terminal, THEN spkr. 1 neg. terminal to spkr. 2 positive terminal, THEN spkr. 2 negative terminal to spkr. 3 positive terminal, THEN spkr. 3 negative terminal to amps' negative output terminal.

That is 3 speakers wired in series. if each spkr is 2ohms, then you will have a total 6 ohm load. If 4 ohm spkrs., then a total 12 ohm load, if 8 ohm spkr., then a total 24 ohm load.

Be careful because amps do not like these odd ohm load totals. You might get away with a 6 ohm total load. Depends on the amp.

Normally the positive terminal is larger than the negative terminal. If not the case here, look closely where the leads route to the mid and tweeter. The terminal that leads to a cross-over component (capacitor) is the possitive terminal. (old school way of thought, but it works)

THERE ARE 2 WAYS:

1. (STEADY ON) - RUN THE POWER FROM THE AMP TO THE POSITIVE LED TERMINAL THE NEGATIVE CAN BE RAN FROM THE NEGATIVE SPEAKER TERMINAL.

2. (INTERMITTENT; COMES ONE EVERY TIME THE BASS HITS) - RUN THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WIRES FROM THE + AND - TERMINALS TO THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TERMINALS OF THE LED LIGHTS.

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what size speakers and what watts, how many channels on the amp, you could do it in either way
There are two ways to wire electrical components. In parallel or in series. Both are important to understand, especially when properly hooking up speakers to amplifiers.
Parallel wiring is connecting components to a source so that they share the same voltage. To put that in a useful way, it would be connecting all of the speaker positive terminals to the positive terminal of the amplifier and connecting all of the speaker negative terminals to the negative terminal of the amplifier.
Series wiring is connecting components to a source so that they share the same current. To put that in a useful way, it would be connecting the amplifier's positive terminal to the positive terminal of the first speaker and then connecting the negative terminal of the first speaker to the positive terminal of the second speaker and so on. The final speaker in the chain will have it's negative terminal connected to the negative terminal of the amplifier. Hope it Works

From Pioneer Electronics Support Website Yellow - To terminal always supplied with power regardless of ignition switch position. Red - To electric terminal controlled by ignition switch (12 V DC) ON/OFF. Black (ground) - To vehicle (metal) body Blue/white - To system control terminal of the power amp or Auto-antenna relay control terminal White - front speaker left + (positive) White/black - front speaker left - (negative) Grey - front speaker right + (positive) Grey/Black - front speaker right - (negative) Green - rear speaker left + (positive) Green/Black - rear speaker left - (negative) Violet - rear speaker right + (positive) Violet/black - rear speaker right - (negative) Best of Luck.