My door speaker cuts out when the mounting screws are installed. I mounted it with tie wraps so it doesnt touch bare metal. Is my speaker bown or am I in danger of shorting my stereo? Its just the right front on 98 dakota PU. I thought it was the factory radio so I bought a sony replacement. It did the same thing to the rt frt speaker so I removed it to see if it was blown. As I re-screwed it to the door, I noticed it started cutting out again as soon as the screw touched bare metal and the metal speaker mount. I hooked it in w/ plastic tie wraps so its playing fine. I want to know if anyone knows if that behaviour means I have a short or if the current setup can blow my stereo. Thanks in advance for any help
Bill
2007-05-22 14:53:00 · 4 answers · asked by Wm G 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
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2007-05-22 15:14:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the speaker wire or tinsel lead is touching the speaker basket, and when you screw the speaker to the door metal you're completing a short circuit that kills the audio. Pull the speaker out and inspect the terminals to see if you have strands of wire touching the speaker basket.
2007-05-23 02:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by KaeZoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the speaker mounting. The sound cuts off because the speaker is shorting with the door, thus grounding the speaker. When that happens the unit sees at its outputs a very low resistance which it isn't to work.
2007-05-23 06:42:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mitchell 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
couple of things could be happening, speaker to deep,the speaker leads where the wires connect are touching frame or you have mounted the speakers leads up and when the window is rolled down it is hitting the spk
2007-05-22 17:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by rvin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋