you have something funny going on and i doubt its the twist and tape of the wires. if you do it right you will have no problems, ive done that on tons of systems and have never had an issue with any of them, flavadave can vouch for it. solder is the way to go though.
if you dont have an amp in there, get a multi meter and check for shorts. the only thing i can think of that would cause a pop, then nothing would be a short/ground issue.
Good god man!!!! It has been 5 days!!!!! When you go to Walmart just buy 100ft of speaker wire. Run all new speaker wires. Use the factoy plug for the power and be done with it.
like i said im not going to soder them till i get it working. the connections are fine....this is how i did the radio in my supercoupe...twisted and taped test then soderd...
why would i sorder them if it aint working yet? then i would have to keep cutting and re doing it....
if you actually took the time to read my advice you would have seen that i said that twist and tape should work fine, but soldering is the best way! its not hard to undo a solder joint though, that and if you have done it before you should be confident enough to solder from the beginning. its pretty hard to **** up the harnesses since everything is color coded.
maybe thats why you cant get it to work, you are only half reading the advice and then blowing up about it!
Use a flashlight battery and touch it to the pair of wires for each speaker. It should POP if the wires
are correct. If it doesn’t, switch the battery polarity.
last time i checked a speaker is basically just a giant resistor and you can run power through them in either direction. changing the polarity wont make it pop, if it doesnt make a noise you dont have the correct wires.
You are wrong on that one.
A speaker is a fixed permanent magnet combined with an electromagnet with a paper or plastic cone attached to the electromagnet. Apply a voltage and the electromagnetic field created by the coil either opposes the magnetic field created by the permanent magnet, or compliments the magnetic field. Opposing the magnetic field pushes the cone outwards (hence the POP). Complimenting the magnetic field, pulls the cone backwards and makes very little sound.
The two years I spent in college learning electronics did mange to teach me how speakers and other electronic devices work.
You are wrong on that one.
A speaker is a fixed permanent magnet combined with an electromagnet with a paper or plastic cone attached to the electromagnet. Apply a voltage and the electromagnetic field created by the coil either opposes the magnetic field created by the permanent magnet, or compliments the magnetic field. Opposing the magnetic field pushes the cone outwards (hence the POP). Complimenting the magnetic field, pulls the cone backwards and makes very little sound.
The two years I spent in college learning electronics did mange to teach me how speakers and other electronic devices work.
i have to say that if thats all you learned in two years you need to ask for your money back.
i have to say that if thats all you learned in two years you need to ask for your money back. i decided to test this theory just to see, so i hooked up a AA (typical flashlight battery) to a speaker and no matter which way i hooked it up it made a pop. further more, this has no relevance to his problem, all this would tell him if it did work is that his polarity is reversed, and the wires are hooked up to a speaker. since the polarity of the speaker has no effect on the input impedance of the stereo it wouldn't cause the stereo to turn off.
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Post counts matter for the fact that the man has an established reputation as being tech-savvy. Posts in forums like 5.0 Talk and BHR don't add to your post count - only tech forum posts add to your count. Not saying you don't know a thing, yourself, but it just seems kind of inappropriate for a noob to come in and talk smack on a senior member like that.
Sooooo, anyhoo ... Ryan, what's the plan? All-new wiring, or hunting for the stock harness?
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