need help...

[ibanezjunkie]

i need to solder the female 1/4inch jack socket onto the cables of my speaker

this is the jack plug im using

http://www.audiospares.com/popup_image.php?type=P&id=1112&title=Jack%201%2F4%22%20%286.3mm%29%20Female%20Cha ssis%20PCB%20Mounting%20Socket%20Mono%20Switched&area=C

it has those silver pins on both sides, so it has 4 pins all together, and my speaker has the usual 2 wires, one black and one white

which wire do i solder onto which part?

[WackyT]

The 2 closest to the opening should be to the negative, and the other 2 should be positive (tip).

[ibanezjunkie]

so the ones cloest to the jack opening are positive, so i solder the white wire to them, and the negative pins are farthest away from the opening and i solder the black wire to them?

do i put the wire through both pins and solder it to both, or just solder them to one side?

[WackyT]

so the ones cloest to the jack opening are positive, so i solder the white wire to them, and the negative pins are farthest away from the opening and i solder the black wire to them?

Other way around. The two closest to the jack opening are negative (black), and the other 2 are positive (white).


do i put the wire through both pins and solder it to both, or just solder them to one side?

You can solder your wire to both or to just one.

[ibanezjunkie]

ahh right got it.

ill just solder it to one set of pins for ease sake.

thaanks =]