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Old May 5th, 2006, 01:53 AM   #6 (permalink)
UKquest
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Michigan
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Ermmm.... You cant use a positive speaker wire to turn on an amp! Also there is no such thing as turning on a speaker.
The two wires going to a typical speaker have audio going through them which an AC waveform. Meaning at some point in time, your positive wire will also be negative! Which, stricktly speaking, was never a positive in the first place.

Now I know you are going to say, well its says positive in the manual - well thats for two reasons. One is for ease of wiring up (identication), the other is for the capacitor that is sometimes installed into some speakers. Even though this capacitor is an electrolytic, its still a non polorised electrolytic.


"Powered speakers" are completely different. Basically a powered speaker is a speaker box or unit containing an amp ie a powered subwoofer vs just the subwoofer itself.

If your ariel is powered, or amplified and uses the rear window, use the remote power on for that, which is already ran to the back of the car.
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