New speakers are going in ... now, is the wide-blade connector positive or negative?

 

As long as they are all aligned the same way it makes not a jot of difference... if between speaker models you can't tell what matches - use a small battery say a small 9v cell and see which orientation causes the cone to move outward - align all of these.

Alan

 

Usually large terminal is pos and small neg. As Alan stated if they are all wired the same, there wont be much difference. Alans 9V batt test is a sure fire way to determine speaker polarity. If the speaker moves forward (or out), then you have touched the positive lead of the speaker to the positive terminal of the battery. If the speaker moves back (or in) then the wire touching the positive terminal of the battery is the negative speaker wire.

 

Thanks guys. I am replacing just the speakers in the doors (for now), so no desire to test the others ... I'll assume the wire with the wide terminal spade is positive when connecting the new ones and then all should be happy.

 

Absolutely!