Speaker wire polarity

Jicafold · Post by **Jicafold** » 14 Apr 2013, 07:59

I can't seem to figure this out by reading past posts. I have a 1998 V70 T5 with the standard 8 speaker system. Which speaker wire is positive and which is negative? I only have the passenger front door panel off so far. The speaker wires there are white with a red stripe and red with a black stripe. which is which? and so on for the other speakers...Thank you.

Jicafold · Post by **Jicafold** » 14 Apr 2013, 13:16

Never mind. It's the black and red which is positive. That's marked "1" on the plug. Which leads me to believe that the side marked "1" an all 8 plugs is the positive. I'm slowly converting all of my speakers to the poly speakers and dome tweeters from an S80. Here is a little tidbit, the 4 ohm front door speakers in a V70 measure 4.1 ohms. The 8 ohm front door speakers in an S80 measure 5.4 ohms. Hmmmm.