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Old 06-17-2012, 10:28 PM   #1
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Installing Speaker Wires From LMC question

I bought a new speaker through LMC and noticed it has 2 speakers instead of one like the originals and it has 4 wires instead of 2 like the originals. does anyone know how to wire it to the original AM radio? which ones are the ground and the power? thanks
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Old 06-18-2012, 03:22 PM   #2
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Re: Installing Speaker Wires From LMC question

The speaker you got from LMC is designed for 2 channel stereo, it's the wrong impedance for the factory radio.
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Old 06-18-2012, 03:31 PM   #3
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Re: Installing Speaker Wires From LMC question

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The speaker you got from LMC is designed for 2 channel stereo, it's the wrong impedance for the factory radio.
With the wrong impedance will overheat your radio resulting in radio failure
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Old 06-18-2012, 10:49 PM   #4
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Re: Installing Speaker Wires From LMC question

wire it like this and it'll be fine..
the lmc dual speakers are most likely 4 ohm units like 99% of car speakers today..
wire it like this and your stock radio will see an 8ohm load.. more than enough to work safely with the oem mono radio
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Old 06-18-2012, 10:51 PM   #5
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Re: Installing Speaker Wires From LMC question

make the mistake and wire it like this and it'll see a 2 ohm load and ya , this will fry it..

this is a nono..

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Old 06-18-2012, 10:53 PM   #6
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Re: Installing Speaker Wires From LMC question

hope this helps.. the lmc speakers don't fry the oem radio, user error does
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