How do i wire speakers in parallel?

Question

How do i wire speakers in parallel?

Answer 1

run positive to positive and negative to negative

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Answer 2

negative to negative and  positve to positve,

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You need pretty special equipment to do it.  Basically, each speaker needs to have a a circuit input and a circuit output (on A/V and other coaxial wire types, there will be only one line but it will serve both functions).  So you need wiring to complete that circuit, but the complete circuit must also connect to the main line of the parallel circuit.

Doing this is tricky, but most mixing boards will do it automatically.  If you don't have a mixing board, you need to get a splitter or two for each speaker you intend to wire in parallel.  The first splitter will be a component of the main circuit that connects to the amp, and where you insert it, one branch will go to the speaker, and the other branch will continue the main circuit.  The branch that heads to the speaker will need to connect either using a coaxial wire type, or else you'll need another splitter to separate the lines into a - and a +, and connect each of those to the appropriate contacts on the speaker.  Then do that, inserting a splitter or two for each speaker, and if the main circuit is not a coax line then you need to run it back to the opposite contact on the amp.  You should probably stick a terminator on the end at the last splitter, rather than just wiring directly into that speaker, since if a break blows on that speaker or it just blows, the whole thing will stop working.

Imagine a big loop with a bunch of smaller loops branching off of it; that's what your circuit should look like conceptually, although if the wiring is indeed coaxial then it will look more like a single line with a bunch of other lines running back to it.

Keep in mind that splitters and such things resist a bit more than regular copper, so you'll need to use more juice than if they were wired in series.

Answer 5

positve to positve, and negative to negative

Answer 6

That might damage your amp, depending on your ohm values on your speakers.