Sail Panel Subs - Wiring Question
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Staging Lane
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Sail Panel Subs - Wiring Question On the sail panel speakers, there are two sets of wires going to each speaker.
One wire in each set is red and one wire in each set is red with a black stripe.
I'm assuming the wire with the black stripe is the negative - correct?
I'm hoping that's correct because that's the way I just hooked up a set of Bazooka subs this weekend....
One wire in each set is red and one wire in each set is red with a black stripe.
I'm assuming the wire with the black stripe is the negative - correct?
I'm hoping that's correct because that's the way I just hooked up a set of Bazooka subs this weekend....
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If you follow the wires a little further back into the harness you will find the wire colors listed in the Monsoon FAQ sticky. The red and black wires are just a pigtail that connects from the speaker to the main harness.
But there is no need to pull them out and check. It really doesn't matter whether you have the positive and negative correct or reversed because speakers are not polarity sensitive. As long as you wired them all the same way, there will be no problem. Problems arise when you connect one speaker one way and the other the opposite way. That causes what is called an "out of phase" condition where the two speakers are reacting opposite to each other on the same signal. It won't cause any physical damage but it will cause the sound waves to cancel each other out and sound terrible.
But there is no need to pull them out and check. It really doesn't matter whether you have the positive and negative correct or reversed because speakers are not polarity sensitive. As long as you wired them all the same way, there will be no problem. Problems arise when you connect one speaker one way and the other the opposite way. That causes what is called an "out of phase" condition where the two speakers are reacting opposite to each other on the same signal. It won't cause any physical damage but it will cause the sound waves to cancel each other out and sound terrible.
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Staging Lane
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If you follow the wires a little further back into the harness you will find the wire colors listed in the Monsoon FAQ sticky. The red and black wires are just a pigtail that connects from the speaker to the main harness.
But there is no need to pull them out and check. It really doesn't matter whether you have the positive and negative correct or reversed because speakers are not polarity sensitive. As long as you wired them all the same way, there will be no problem. Problems arise when you connect one speaker one way and the other the opposite way. That causes what is called an "out of phase" condition where the two speakers are reacting opposite to each other on the same signal. It won't cause any physical damage but it will cause the sound waves to cancel each other out and sound terrible.
But there is no need to pull them out and check. It really doesn't matter whether you have the positive and negative correct or reversed because speakers are not polarity sensitive. As long as you wired them all the same way, there will be no problem. Problems arise when you connect one speaker one way and the other the opposite way. That causes what is called an "out of phase" condition where the two speakers are reacting opposite to each other on the same signal. It won't cause any physical damage but it will cause the sound waves to cancel each other out and sound terrible.
