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Bobbyrjones80
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 8:38 pm    Post subject: Speaker wire question Reply with quote

I have a sapphire am fm radio. I have managed to get it working. I now need o get a new speaker to install as I am currently using a Walmart speaker to test with. The radio has three wires, brown, brown with a white stripe, and a solid white one. The first two are for the speaker, I have confirmed that. Does anyone know what the solid white wire may be? I tried finding the model number of the radio but it is not readable on top of the radio. Thanks for your help.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:25 am    Post subject: Re: Speaker wire question Reply with quote

I found this on an old thread it may help you.

Here is the link to the pic that they are referencing.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/658172.jpg


"The speaker is usually brown and brown/yellow or white and white/black, the tracers being the positive. The ground goes to the stud on the back, the power is red or black, I have seen both and comes out the rear corner through a little bushing looking thing, there should be an inline fuse."

I would take a stab in the dark and say a ground of some sort.
Here is an additional link to a website that has a better diagram.

http://antique-autoradio-madness.org/1autos/vw/vw-usa/vw-usa-sapph-I-OWNERS-2BV_01.htm

Hope this helps. If I come across any thing else in my searches I will pass it along.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:01 am    Post subject: Re: Speaker wire question Reply with quote

Thanks for those diagrams that is very helpful. It looks like the white wire is a dual lamp lead. I already have the lights working by simple connecting the red power lead so I may not need that white wire connected.

On these older radios, can I use a standard 8 ohm speaker or should it be a 16 ohm like the original?

Thanks again.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Speaker wire question Reply with quote

The higher the OHMS the more power it takes to run it so a lower OHM speaker will be louder and you could possibly blow it if you cranked it up too much. (Unless I got that backwards), anyway it will be louder or quieter but will work.

Are you sure it says OHMS or some German equivalent?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:44 am    Post subject: Re: Speaker wire question Reply with quote

Starbucket wrote:
Are you sure it says OHMS or some German equivalent?

Ohm was German, and it is the unit of electrical resistance used world-wide.
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