I am having an arguement re this. I changed the speakers in the rear of my car yesterday and when I went to start the car about six hours later, the battery had completely died! I checked the wiring and noticed that I had installed both speakers different from one another (wires arround different ways).
My mate tells me that this wouldn't drain the battery, yet I believe it has, due to the fact the battery has never needed a charge before and is used on a daily basis. Seems very peculiar that the battery should be flat having changed the speakers incorrectly.
2007-01-18 03:37:53 · 15 answers · asked by scatz 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
In a word...NO
What most likely happened is your interior light and-or trunk light were on during the installation, thus draining your battery.
The only thing that would occur from mis-wiring your speaker wires is they would play out of phase and you would notice a loss of bass from them.
Your friend is correct here.
2007-01-18 03:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Akovia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speakers derive their power for the sound from the sound output amplifier in the radio or CD player in the car. If the radio is off then no power is taken from the battery. If you left the radio switched on over night this could be enough to run down your battery especially as the lights, heater, radio, rear window heater is all used when driving which causes the battery to have less charge in it than without all these things on. The only effect of connecting the speaker leads incorrectly is that the sound quality would be affected as you could get cancelling out of certain music frequencies. An interior light left on over night could have the same effect. Or sadly it could be that moment when your battery has ended it's useful life.
2007-01-18 03:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by ANF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the radio needs to be on for the speaker to be able to drain the battery... they don't draw any current unless music is being played through them... and for that to happen the radio needs to be on...
the incorrect wiring of your speakers shouldn't make any difference either, you might not get the best performance in terms of sound, but they won't cause any drain either.
its probably best to check your wiring and make sure you have made a mistake or got a short happening...
the way to test for a short, is to disconnect everything electrical in your car and take a battery lead off... if when you connect it, you get a spark, you'll know there's a short somewhere and have the unenviable task of finding it... good luck.
2007-01-18 03:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by muppet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
A speaker cannot drain anything
A speaker can only receive signal
If a speaker is connected 'backwards', the only thing in your car that would be affected is the speaker itself
There's really no telling what drained your battery - we wouldn't be able to tell you without more info - my guess - Murphy's Law
2007-01-18 04:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by Mister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a cold snap can eat a battery -- and be a mystery to lots of folks.. just changing the speakers cannot do in a batt.. -- keeping the minus and plus in order has to do with the speaker magnet driver and has nothing to do with the battery...check the water level in your battery and look to see that the cable connectors are clean as there are two functions of the batt.. cables 1) charge the batt fron the alternator and 2) batt.. power to start yo ride..____ clean cables are important and will help keep you on the road and not stranded on the freeway......... goood luck..
2007-01-18 03:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by XTX 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your mate is correct, back to front speaker wires will not cause the battery to drain.
2007-01-18 07:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by Web Foot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no this wont run the battery down, probably the battery is on its last legs and when you were working on it the interior light was on, poss the ignition and the stereo to. Go buy a new battery and all will be well
2007-01-18 06:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-19 13:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, all that happend was the speakers were out of phase. meaning one was pushing while the other was pulling.
as for the battery going dead, during the install was your dome light on? its just a conincidence.
2007-01-18 05:55:59 · answer #9 · answered by JimL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the doors were open or ur radio was playin without the engine running it will wear the battery down so if while u were installing it and something was running off the battery it could very easily run it out
2007-01-18 04:18:54 · answer #10 · answered by Micah B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋