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Reversing polarity of coaxile speakers

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Topic: Reversing polarity of coaxile speakers

Posted By: mark241
Subject: Reversing polarity of coaxile speakers
Date Posted: June 03, 2003 at 3:26 PM

Would anything happen if you by accident reversed the intended polarities of coaxile midrange speakers with built in tweeters? Would the capacitor for the passive crossover(tweeter) blow?



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Posted By: bdl666
Date Posted: June 03, 2003 at 7:32 PM
      No.The capacitors used on crossovers are non-polarized. You can connect them any way you want.



Posted By: djfearny2
Date Posted: June 03, 2003 at 7:38 PM
what will happen is one the speaker will not handle as much power as normal and if you listen the tweeter will be louder and the bass will not hit as hard or the lo end. its a mid it will have some lo end.

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Posted By: mark241
Date Posted: June 03, 2003 at 7:49 PM
Will it be a noticable difference?



Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: June 03, 2003 at 11:05 PM
more so at higher volumes. You may get some unwanted distortion too

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