Although there is no standard that we know of we have found that most contractors use the following logic.
Blue and white speaker wire.
It is constructed of two fully annealed stranded copper conductors with a premium grade pvc jacket material.
Four conductor speaker wire usually has a black green red and white or yellow wire.
14 gauge brown stranded outdoor speaker southwire s 250 ft.
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Speaker cable is a bit different from a lot of the interconnect cables we handle in several respects.
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.
14 gauge brown stranded outdoor speaker wire is designed to withstand outdoor use and is approved for direct burial.
If the insulation is a dark color the stripe or dash is more likely to be white.
Skar audio elite 12 gauge oxygen free copper speaker wire 30 feet blue white 27 99.
If your wire has light colored insulation this stripe or dash may be dark.
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.
Because speakers are driven at low impedance typically 4 or 8 ohms and high current speaker cables are for all practical purposes immune from interference from emi or rfi so shielding isn t required.
Blue w white stripe using a head unit harness adapter although most aftermarket head units follow the above coloring scheme and it s possible to figure out what the oem wires in your car are all for without a wiring diagram installing an aftermarket head unit is much easier if you have a harness adapter.