I wired my HT with some of the Cheap-O Phillips Speaker wire that you can get at Home Depot and now that I am getting ready to hook things up i have noticed that there is no markings on the cables as to which is positive and negative. I see no markings of any kind on either leads of the cable so am trying to think of a quick way to make things match +/- between my speakers and my reciever. Any ideas?

Normally the insulation over one of the conductors will either be ribbed, splined, or hex-shaped to mark that conductor. Sometimes there will be a colored thread or silver-colored wire on one of the conductors. I have never seen 2-conductors wire that was not marked for polarity.

hmm.. maybe a voltage meter and some batteries.. Probably easier ways than that.. But if you can get a voltage across the wire, just mark the one you found and use that for either + or -.. Make sure you mark it good so you know in the future.

Thanks guys..i actually located some micro-font markings on one of the conducter's. I'm in business...i guess this is what you get from buying bulk cheep speaker wire but whatever works.

[QUOTE=jjohns72;11852947]Thanks guys..i actually located some micro-font markings on one of the conducter's. I'm in business...i guess this is what you get from buying bulk cheep speaker wire but whatever works.[/QUOTE

Since wire size is important note the following:
Gauge------ Maximum Length in feet
18------ 7.7
16------ 12.5
14------ 19.2
12------ 31.3
This will keep resistance under 0.1 ohms.
Richard