Speaker wire clarification

naiku
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Ok later today I am putting in my new HU, and have a question to do with the wiring. I am going to be using a 4 channel amp to power all my speakers, so when installing the HU do I need to connect the speaker wires from the back of the HU to the factory harness? or can I simply tie/tape off the speaker wires from the back of the HU since they will not be used anyway.

I figure if I connect them then all I am doing is running a signal to nowhere (speaker wires not connected to the speakers from HU, but from the amp) so don't see any point in hooking them up. It should save me a nice bit of time not having to solder 8 speaker wires and only having to worry about the power/dimmer wires.

Any possible problems with doing this? I can't think of any, but just wanted to double check. I think the only thing I need to do is make sure I don't leave any of them loose and short something out.

Thanks.

 
you dont need to bother hooking them up... just make sure that the tips of them are not exposed where they can touch something and ground out...

 
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