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king ranch
05-22-2008, 12:14 AM
how can you find out which wire is pos and neg on th dmm wat setting do i use
bass-aholic
05-22-2008, 12:16 AM
seriously??
btdickey99
05-22-2008, 12:17 AM
set the dmm like you usually would when checking voltage....use the pos on the dmm..... put that on one wire and the other to a local ground.....which ever one reads is pos
that make sense?
btdickey99
05-22-2008, 12:18 AM
seriously??
unfortanetly :crap:
bass-aholic
05-22-2008, 12:19 AM
set the dmm like you usually would when checking voltage....use the pos on the dmm..... put that on one wire and the other to a local ground.....which ever one reads is pos
that make sense?
Yepp, IF its 12V hot. not if its a 12V input of some sort.
Ferendon
05-22-2008, 12:20 AM
Probe the power and ground. If it's +12v then just go by the DMM leads. If it's -12v, then reverse the leads.
king ranch
05-22-2008, 12:21 AM
ok thanks and yes seriously bc the subs are mounted in the box and dont want to take them back out
bass-aholic
05-22-2008, 12:22 AM
So your trying to figure out the subs positive and negative terminals? Thats different.