A Guide To Outdoor Speaker Wire

Posted on by Donny Billinton on February 10th, 2011 | 0 Comments »

You may use standard speaker cable that has either two sets of wire made of either aluminum or copper or a combination of both in your home. For your speaker, copper is obviously 100% the best conductor to use because with the least amount of resistance, the signal is transferred by it. So look at the specifications of yours to determine this as you need of course to use the recommended wire gage for your speakers.

A plastic coating around the inner conductor has been had by speaker wires for car or home use to protect them from coming into contact with each other and any exterior metal which a short might be caused as the most common type of speaker wire. As standard wire, but with added weather protection, burial grade cable has some of the same elements. This type of cable comes in 4 conductor and 2 conductor versions. A 2 conductor cable has a positive (+) wire and a negative (-) wire. Two sets of positive and two sets of negative wires are had by a 4 conductor that allows stereo hook up of both the left and the right channels. In individual plastic coating, usually burial cable consists of 2 or 4 conductors of copper wire. It can be one green, one blue, one red and one black for example.

Color doesn’t really matter when hooking them up, it just helps you to keep them distinguished. These four color coded conductors are also encapsulated, usually black, which helps protect it from breakage, cold, heat, and moisture In a weather resistant outer coating. The sound where you want it will not be gotten by utilizing this type for your outdoor speaker wire, but it will last for many years to come.

Now, we have gain knowledge that when standard speaker wire and burial grade speaker wire to use outside your home, they are different. You will run the risk of wire breakage and deterioration due to the elements if you choose to use standard wire for your outdoor speaker wire. It is possible the chance that the wire will short and cause damage to your speakers. So do not use standard wire. Use the burial grade for your outdoor speaker wire if you agree with me. You will not have to repeat your burial work a second time.

Read my other articles about Selecting A Home Theater A/V Receiver and The Importance Of Home Theater Speaker Placement