Stubb Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) I got in a pair of Forte IV upgrade kits, PN #1070334. Installation is going fine, but I can't find polarity markings on the HF drivers. Is there a way to distinguish which one gets the green (+) vs black (-) wire? It's labeled: K-107-TI W/HORN Edited February 5, 2023 by Stubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 There's no color dot or marker of any kind near one terminal? Is one terminal wider than the other? I would guess not as you wouldn't be asking. Lol. As mentioned, a pic might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Stubb said: I got in a pair of Forte IV upgrade kits, PN #1070334. Installation is going fine, but I can't find polarity markings on the HF drivers. Is there a way to distinguish which one gets the green (+) vs black (-) wire? It's labeled: K-107-TI W/HORN if you're looking at the magnet left to right , green wire goes on the left terminal , black wire goes on the right terminal , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, OO1 said: if you're looking at the magnet left to right , green wire goes on the left terminal , black wire goes on the right terminal , Here's a picture of the driver. I'm unclear how you're associating left and right. Turn it so the leads are at 12 o'clock, then green is the left terminal and black the right? Thanks! Edited February 5, 2023 by Stubb 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, Stubb said: Here's a picture of the driver. How are you associating left and right? Thanks! Can you flip it upside down and take a close up of the terminals? Usually there's either a "dot" od paint for positive or a sometimes hard to see "+" indentation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, jjptkd said: Can you flip it upside down and take a close up of the terminals? Usually there's either a "dot" od paint for positive or a sometimes hard to see "+" indentation. Thanks for looking! Here's a view from the top. Is the little dot on the left the (+) mark? I didn't notice it until I hit the terminals with a flashlight to make this picture! Edited February 5, 2023 by Stubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 I feel a bit better looking at the other driver—I'm not seeing a similar mark on it 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Yes, dot positive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Stubb said: Here's a picture of the driver. I'm unclear how you're associating left and right. Here 's the picture 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 36 minutes ago, OO1 said: Here's the picture Interesting—on the driver that's marked in my set (link), the dot corresponds to the terminal with the black wire in your picture 🤔 In your picture, I'd say that both terminals are on the right. I'm clearly missing something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 34 minutes ago, Stubb said: Interesting—on the driver that's marked in my set (link), the dot corresponds to the terminal with the black wire in your picture 🤔 In your picture, I'd say that both terminals are on the right. I'm clearly missing something. ok , so here's how we'll do it , take the tweeter magnet facing you , with terminals facing down at 6'o "clock , left terminal is green , right terminal is black 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 Has anyone else gotten this kit? Did you have obvious polarity markings on your HF drivers? I ask because one of my drivers appeared to have a polarity mark (white dot), the other one didn't, and that mark contradicts the wiring picture from @OO1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/5/2023 at 4:19 PM, OO1 said: Here 's the picture If this is the same driver, doesn't this pic make it obvious? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, Marvel said: If this is the same driver, doesn't this pic make it obvious? Connections are obvious on that pic. It's the mark on one of the drivers that came in my kit (pic below) that makes it a head scratcher. On 2/5/2023 at 10:43 AM, Stubb said: Thanks for looking! Here's a view from the top. Is the little dot on the left the (+) mark? I didn't notice it until I hit the terminals with a flashlight to make this picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 That doesn't, to me, look like a specific marking. Do they both have the same mark? I would tend to connect the same way as the ones that you took out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Marvel said: That doesn't, to me, look like a specific marking. Do they both have the same mark? I would tend to connect the same way as the ones that you took out. No, only one has a mark like that. The installation instructions say "The tweeter positive terminal will be marked with a (+) symbol, a dot of paint or a colored sticker" so I thought this might be the dot of paint. But odd that only one is marked in this fashion, so maybe it isn't? I've installed mine the way @OO1 suggested and asked Klipsch support for confirmation. Would be easy if this was a woofer: connect a battery and feel which way the cone moves! Edited February 8, 2023 by Stubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Marvel is correct. Just follow the lead from the one that is marked on the unmarked one. And finally after all this, if a tweeter sounds out of phase, just reverse the wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubb Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 I used a speaker polarity test app on my iPhone and verified that @OO1 is correct on polarity for my drivers. I posted a picture earlier in this thread showing a mark on one of my tweeters—that mark ended up being where the ground wire got connected 😬 Trust but verify! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 You know this but now that you have this done, get some red finger nail polish from your wife and mark them. I have learned that some flows too easily (probably because she gives me what she doesn't want) and some puts a nice round dot. Works great as a breakable thread locker too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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