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Question:

Speaker wire sparks when they touch?

I think I burned the speaker coil out of my speakers.In the process of troubleshooting I noticed when my speaker wire from my amp touches + and - it sparked.What if any options do I have for saving the speakers and or amp? Did I wire something wrong?

Answer:

The speaker coils can be checked simply by momentarily connecting a 1.5 volt flash light battery across the terminals - the speaker will emit a low volume thud each time the speaker is quickly connected across the battery if it's functioning. The amp, unfortunately, is not so easy to check - if the speakers test OK and the amp doesn't work, it more than likely is defective and needs to be repaired or replaced.

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