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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 05:09 AM
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Can someone tell me on a 1997 Accord, what is the polarity of the rear speaker wires?
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 05:13 AM
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sure dOOd, positive and negative
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 07:13 AM
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::shakes head

but to answer your question the polarity is blue green red and yellow
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 01:04 PM
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OMG!!!

Here are your choices:

Left side has a blue wire with a yellow stripe and a green wire with a white stripe.

Right side has a red wire with a yellow stripe and a blue wire with a white stripe.

Being a college graduate (Class of 1989) I figure that the yellow stripe means + and the white stripe means -.

If this is not correct, please let me know.

Smart-*** replies, although generally funny, are of no use to anyone and waste storage space and bandwidth.
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 02:13 PM
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The white striped wires should indeed be the negative side.
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 02:18 PM
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ask a dumb *** question, get a dumb *** answer.

Your assumption is correct. Yellow striped wires are positive; white striped wires are negitive.
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Old Apr 9, 2004 | 09:16 AM
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Well, there's your answer.

I did run across this if you ever are not sure if your speakers are correct on other cars:

To check speaker polarity (assuming you don't have a polarity tester): Touch, for a very short period of time, one wire to the positive side of a 1.5-volt battery (any size), and the other wire to the negative side. If speaker "pops out", then polarity is correct. If speaker "pops in" then polarity is reversed. Make sure that the wires you are going to check for speakers do not have any power.
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Old Apr 9, 2004 | 10:43 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Heat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well, there's your answer.

I did run across this if you ever are not sure if your speakers are correct on other cars:

To check speaker polarity (assuming you don't have a polarity tester): Touch, for a very short period of time, one wire to the positive side of a 1.5-volt battery (any size), and the other wire to the negative side. If speaker "pops out", then polarity is correct. If speaker "pops in" then polarity is reversed. Make sure that the wires you are going to check for speakers do not have any power. </TD></TR></TABLE>

or you can just use a freakin digital volt\ohm meter
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