stock sub wires (easy question )

[Rich-]

99 EB with factory 8"

which is + and which is -


i got an aftermarket sub to put in and want to make sure the wires are correct

 

[Infinity08]

Hook it up both ways. The one that sounds better is correct. Seriously.

 

[scucci]

Look in the Mach schematic.
I have the factory sschematics in PDF posted on another forum I belong to:
http://www.fordforumsonline.com/for...ration-1995-96-explorer-audio-schematics.html

 

[Rich-]

thanks, the colors i have going to the sub are black and white
one would tend to think that black is neg. but the link you posted is different
hmm..

 

[Joe Dirt]

Rich- I'm pretty sure that's correct- I thought it was backwards too.

Try this- Grab a 1.5 volt battery (any size), touch the positive terminal of the battery to the positive wire going to the speaker, then do the same for the negative wire. Look at the speaker. If the speaker pops out, the polarity is correct. If the speaker pops in, the speaker is hooked up backwards (out of phase). A word of caution here: DO NOT hold the battery power to the speaker for more than a second, or You will damage the speaker if you hold constant power to it.