How to Wire Speakers
Powerful speaker serve many purposes. Amongst these purposes are entertainment during special occasions and event sound system. To maximize its use, you need to understand how much power the speakers can handle. To make the most out of your speakers, you need to hook it up on wires to get its power going. Below are simple steps and instructions to wire your speakers.
First step: Choose the speaker of your choice. The power and sound of each speaker depend on the size and ohm rating. Ohm is the electrical resistance obtained by a current-carrying element that creates a voltage drop of one volt in the event of a current of one ampere flowing through it.
Second Step: Compute the power your speaker has as well as the amount of power it will handle. Check the ohm rating of your amplifier. It is good to have 16 ohm in order to have quality sound. Amplifiers will work great on this ohm. To do this, add all the ohm ratings usually found at the back of the speakers. If you’re buying small speakers, make sure that all of them have a total of 16 ohms. Lower ohm rating will result in a significant degree of power loss. On the other hand, ohm exceeding 16 will stress the amp to overheat. This means that getting less or more power output is not efficient or stable because it can cause your transformer to burn. Hence, it is best to examine your ohms carefully.
Third Step: Prepare your speakers to be hooked up in series mode. This means that you must connect your amplifier wires. Attach the positive or hot (red colored wire) output into the positive input on the first speaker. Afterwards, connect another wire into the negative or ground wire (usually black colored wire) to the first speaker’s slot as well as into the positive slot on the second speaker. Proceed with this step until all your speakers are connected with each other.
Fourth step: The last wire should properly be plugged into the negative slots of the last speaker. It should also be attached to the negative slots of the amplifier. Plug the amplifier into the appropriate speaker slots. Initially try out your speaker setup on low volume.
Fifth and Final step: Arrange your speaker wires by securing and fastening your speakers with screws. When doing so, avoid speaker wires running in panels and screws. Organize these wires for aesthetic purposes as well as to avoid connection problems. Also use long screws rather than short ones. Short screws may not be able to properly secure speakers.