Positive speaker wires have a positive symbol or a negative symbol to indicate the corresponding connector on the wires.
Blue and white speaker wire which is positive.
Good news is with speakers it doesn t really matter which one you choose as your positive and which as your negative just so long as you are consistent.
It is easy to check the bare wire colors and material or even markings.
Recognize that the black wire is the positive one the white wire is the negative one and the green wire is the ground.
If your wire has light colored insulation this stripe or dash may be dark.
If the insulation is a dark color the stripe or dash is more likely to be white.
In some high end speaker wires the insulation is transparent or see through enough to see the bare wires.
Some terminals are also color coded.
When you re hanging a chandelier or any other ceiling light first find the 3 wires coming out of the hole in the ceiling where the light will go.
Since two conductor speaker wire usually has a black and red conductor and the black is designated negative with the red being positive we use those two conductors for the first speaker.
Identify the black positive wire on a ceiling light fixture.
This leaves the green and white or yellow conductors for the right speaker.
This is only visible if the insulation is clear or see through so that color can be distinguished.
Every speaker wire will have an indicator to tell them apart such as color.
This can help you make out easily which speaker wire is positive or which one is negative.
A common color code that is used is black for negative and red for positive.
In dealing with speaker wires the positive speaker wire will be silver in color.
The left because we do many things from left to right.
However most speaker wires don t do colors.
When this is the case usually the silver wire will be the positive polarity and the copper wire will be negative.
Typically the positive wire is red and the ground or negative is black.
If a speaker wire doesn t have a two tone color scheme look for a single stripe or dashed lines these usually indicate the positive end along one of the sides.
The negative wire will usually be copper in color for this same instance.