installed my component speakers. Quick question about crossovers

[195]

I am proud of myself that I installed my new speakers. The car has been rewired and everything is sounding good. One question I have because I have never done this before is do the crossovers heat up or ever spark EVER? I have one of them inside the panel underneath the steering column and it's sort of nested in the insulation. So far the crossovers have no heated up, but I was wondering if that could be a fire hazard in it's location. If so, where is a better place to put it? They are covered all around and the wire connections are not exposed to the insulation.

One other question is that do I need to ground anything from the tweeters? It's plugged directly into the crossover and I am new at this so I don't know if they need to be grounded somewhere or somehow. The originally wiring was screwed up from the tweeters so I am not sure what to do on this part.

Thanks in advance!

[Garageaholic]

The tweeter doesn't need to be grounded, from my experience with my infinity components.

I had mine nestled by the steering column and i have not had any problem with sparks or overheating in 3 years (ever since i've had it)

So i'd say go with it.

[KenC]

No, they won't spark or get super hot or anything unless you have them hooked up incorrectly.

[MrK]

AFAIK, tweeters that are connected to a crossover do not need grounding. And no the crossovers don't ever get more than mildly warm, if anything.

[195]

Thanks for the info guys! :) :up: