Basic wiring

lockmart

I read it doesn't matter if you use the color coded line for + or - as long as you were consistent with the speaker and receiver.

Doing some advanced reading on my new receiver I found the following:


Be sure to connect the “+” (red) and “–” (black) properly.
Cables are colored or shaped differently, perhaps with a
stripe, groove or ridge. Connect the striped (grooved, etc.)
cable to the “+” (red) terminals of this unit and your speaker.
Connect the plain cable to the “–” (black) terminals.

What gives?

ShinAce

This is correct.

Speaker wire is shaped so that you can tell the wires apart by feel alone. One wire will have a rounded plastic cover, the other wire will have a more box shaped covering. The norm is to use the round feeling wire for ground, but this is not important.

Like you eluded to, be consistent and you are good to go.

ShinAce

If there is a blatant red stripe on one wire, it may not have the odd shape.

chargerman426

Yes it doesn't matter if you use the grooved or striped sides as long as you match like stripe to + and + and not striped to - and -

lockmart

Good to know, I'm ok then. Why do they like the make things more complicated, guess they though it was simpler to explain..ha.

zingo

I think they just stated that to try to keep things consistent; an industry standard if you will. But like previously stated, electrically it does not make a difference.