Re: Speaker wiring

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Mark L. Chang writes:
> 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.

If the crossover has a high-pass capacitor then this won't work.
Most woofers don't have a high-pass capacitor in its path, except
if the woofer is really intended to be a midrange driver.

-Ti
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