exposed exterior speaker wiring (1 Viewer)

[Ted Lee]

hi all -

ever since the satellite dish guy drilled a new hole in my living room wall for the cabling, i've been thinking about "expanding" that hole so i can run a pair of speakers to my backyard.

expanding the hole shouldn't be a problem, but i'm not sure about the speaker wire itself. it won't be run in-wall, so do i need to worry about any about wire rating, etc?

any thoughts or suggestions are more then welcome!

thx,

ted

 

[KenA]

You can buy special outdoor speaker wire. Heavy gauge wire is better, but the most important thing is the protection. My outdoor speaker came with speaker wire that has a heavy rubber sheath around the two inside wires.

 

[Ted Lee]

thx ken - i'll be sure to keep that in mind.

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Wiring for outdoor low voltage lighting works good as outdoor speaker wire. It looks like black lamp cord, and you can get it as large as 12 ga.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt