Re: Speaker wiring

["Mark L. Chang" <mchang@ece.nwu.edu>]

On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:

> >You can take a small 1.5V AA battery and apply it (momentarily) to the
> >speaker wire in question.  Watch the direction the cone travels on your
> >speaker (ie. out or in).  
> 
> Mark,
> will this method work if my speakers are connected through a crossover? Can
> I hurt the crossover if I connect 1.5V to it?

Hmmm... Huw?  Help... help?

Honestly, I don't know if it'll work through a crossover.  Disconnect it
and remember how it's hooked up.  I'd say that it should still work
through a passive crossover since that DC voltage is steady-state and
should get through to at least the woofer eventually.

Mark

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