This is an elementary question for you people, but thought I would give
it a try.

My son ordered some Rockford Fosgate speakers for his new (used) car.
He spent the weekend swapping out the speakers as well as doing some
other work involving amps and subwoofers that I really don't
understand.

However, when he went to swap out the OEM speakers, the Fosgate
speakers have a tiny male disconnect tab, compared to the OEM, which
have a "normal" sized tab.

So, had to cut off the OEM female disconnects and try to connect the
Rockford females to the existing speaker wire. Well, he butchered both
of them....it is a bit of a tricky space to work in.

We live in a very rural area. I tried the few stores around here
yesterday and today, and no luck in finding the right size female
disconnects. Would have to drive a couple of hours, or order online.

How much of a "no-no" would it be to thread the 22-gauge bare copper
speaker wire through the small hole on the male disconnect and then
wrap with electrical tape?

Soldering would be my second thought, but as I have no iron, nor any
skill with soldering....

timbirr wrote ...
How much of a "no-no" would it be to thread the 22-gauge bare copper
speaker wire through the small hole on the male disconnect and then
wrap with electrical tape?

It would likely work, for a while.
Sooner or later it would fail.
If you're lucky, it won't damage anything.

Soldering would be my second thought, but as I have no iron, nor any
skill with soldering....

Then order some proper-size crimp-on qick-connects.

Soldering would be very good indeed, better than the crimp connector.

Wrapping untinned copper wire around something strikes me as unreliable.

Richard Crowley wrote:
timbirr wrote ...
How much of a "no-no" would it be to thread the 22-gauge bare copper
speaker wire through the small hole on the male disconnect and then
wrap with electrical tape?

It would likely work, for a while.
Sooner or later it would fail. If you're lucky, it won't damage anything.

Soldering would be my second thought, but as I have no iron, nor any
skill with soldering....

Then order some proper-size crimp-on qick-connects.



Replace the 22 gauge speaker wire, as well. If he's substantially upped
the power, the wire is probably too small to be efficient.

jak