How To Protect Outdoor Speaker Wire

Clean the speakers on a regular basis.

How to protect outdoor speaker wire. Extend one wire to each speaker location. Apols for bit of necro-posting but it might help someone putting speakers outside now the weathers been good. Here are the basic guidelines you need to follow to maintain your outdoor speakers.

From outside pull the snake and speaker wires up the wall and out the exterior hole. Each end needs at least ¾ inches strip of the wire. Im not sure whats the best way to protect the wire ends for next spring.

An amplifier surge protector such as the TPD AmpPro intercepts the surge coming in on speaker wires and sends the energy to ground. That is why each amplifier protector needs a good connection to the AC ground that is feeding the amplifier. Repeat the process for another exposed wiring.

Wrap similar groups of cables in protective expandable sleeving and separate your wires into recognizable groups while providing protection. One way to do this is to check up on it every week. Installing the TPD-AmpPro will reduce damage caused by surges that enter on these pathways and destroy amplifiers and receivers.

The obvious protection from the elements and I think they would improve somewhat sonically from the enclosure. Install peel-and-stick plastic electrical conduit to the wall to protect the speaker wire. When I take the speakers down Im wondering whats the best way to cover outdoor speaker wire ends.

The wire that connects outdoor speakers to your amp will be exposed to much harsher conditions than the wire you use to connect your indoor speakers and it will also likely have to cover more ground. Outdoor speakers need to be maintained and they also require protection. Less dispersal of the sound particularly if you have wings on the shelter down the sides of the speakers.