Is there a way to test a siren output ( with a meter) rather than swap out the speaker to trouble shoot? I have a friend with a carson remote mount that quit today but the brain is working correctly.
Siren testing??
- Thread starter ffemt045
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Just unhook the wires from the speaker and use your multimeter leads on the wires that go to the speaker from the siren to check it out...get a reading with the siren off..should be zero..then see if it changes for + or neg values...if it goes negative that just means you either have the leads reversed(no biggie) or there is a negative voltage that powers the speaker..if no change bad siren or siren component if it does change...bad speaker (contact me i will sell ya new one with 2 year warranty for 98 bucks..lol)
First off speakers use ac voltage, so you are not going to see a positive/negative change. Second it does not matter how you hook the leads from the siren to the speaker.
SFR1986 said:
A tip from an old pro for a quick check. Damp your fingers and touch the wires independently. On a humid day, go direct.