Do I have to take off my neg bat terminal to plug/unplug my speaker wire?

[RJesus 10+ year member]

Well I've been taking off my negative battery terminal each time I decided to adjust something, just because I'm afraid of being electrocuted...

When setting my gains w/ a DMM, I'm supposed to unplug the sub's speaker wires from the amp. Well I take off the neg bat terminal before I do this, put it back on after I take out the speaker wire, then I set my gains, then take off bat terminal, then plug speaker wire back in, then put bat terminal back on.

Will something bad happen if I unplug/plug in the sub's speaker wires into the amp while the negative battery terminal is connected?

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[T3mpest 10+ year member]

just stop being a pansy, it's a 12volt batter, it won't kill you. Also I've never been shocked and I've done it more times than I can count, they do spark tho.

 

[Maxipads 10+ year member]

Lol the ONLY time i spark when connecting shit when someone bumps into me and my power touches my ground terminal. Ive never had anything spark though at all you will be fine just rmemeber the rule of thumb... Respect electricity the minute you stop you get fried..

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Omg. I would never get anything done if I had to disconnect the battery every time I made an adjustment.

 

[jgruberman 10+ year member]

Also, it'll spark the first time you connect the power and ground to the amp, but that's just the current starting to flow... you won't get electrocuted.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

don't be afraid to electrocute yourself, it'd be pretty hard to do that off a 12V system. the only thing you should be afraid of is blowing up something by touching power to ground without a fuse to save the day.

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

Thanks for the advise. Just wanted to make sure I wouldn't blow the amp or anything like that.