Q:Wire diagram for stereo to a 2000 Kia sportage

you have a bad ground not he deck its self!? try to follow the wires and check them but if not anything outta place? try to get a car audio tech to check it

Q:what do i do? the wire just snapped.

There isn't much you can do over the weekend unless your orthodontist is willing to come in tomorrow to help you out. If you have any brace wax, push a glob of wax on the broken ends and that will keep them from cutting the inside of your mouth. If you don't have any brace wax, you can get it in the aisle where the toothbrushes, floss and stuff like that are.

Q:I know the ground wire takes unused electricity to the ground but what is the purpose of the neutral wire?

The neutral returns unused electricity back to the source where as the ground provides a pathway for an electrical short to return back to the panel and then to an earth ground.

Q:@topicAnd does the size of the wire matter in electrical consumption?

The size of the wire that matters in electrical consumption.

Q:i just bought a 97 jeep wrangler..the soundbar isnquot;t hooked up. I pulled the carpet back and found the following: a red wire connecting the soundbar to under the dash (probably power), and a black wire connecting the soundbar to metal. there are 4 small wires unattached to anything coming from the soundbar, and a red and white sound wire coming from under the dash (actually has plugs like on a tv surround system), and a ground wire all unattached. how can i hook this mess up to make the soundbar work. i do have sound coming from the front dash speakers. thanks for help.

Something else you might want to consider is adding some silicon sealant to your wire connections. This will help cut down on corrosion from moisture, especially if you plan on splashing around anywhere, or if you leave the top down/off. You CAN use heat-shrink, but it's a pain to get back off if you need to change anything.

Q:Ok, I am having trouble installing a new car radio in my 97' Honda Civic Lx. It's just a basic pioneer cd player.. I matched all the colored wires up and still nothing. My brother had told me something about + - for example do i hook the green stripped wire with a flat green wire? Vice versa.. Help please.. Also If you know of a web site with diagrams?

well if they install it they shood provide them but it will cost you extra

Q:ok so i have a power acoustik ov2-2200 amp right now and all my wires are working fine with this amp....i am going to buy a lanzar MXA282 which is more wattage (RMS)Do i need to get any new wires to hook this amp up? like the power ground or remote wires? thx... sorry for my ignorance :/

As long as you are using a good strong gauge wire(4 gauge or lower) then No. That is also assuming your just wanting to swich amps out not add on. Just unhook the old amp and put the new one in it place long as your wires or good to go.

Q:When wiring an aftermarket car stereo, do you always match color to like color? Also do you have to use every wire from the wire harness?

Assuming the head unit follows the standard color code (there are some cheap Chinese import units that don't) then you should match the head unit wire colors to the harness wire colors. There are a few extra rules, though: -If the harness has a blue wire, and the head unit only has blue/white (no blue), then the blue harness wire should be connected to the blue/white head unit wire. If the harness has a blue/white AND a blue wire, then both of them should be connected to the head unit's blue/white wire. Similarly, if the head unit has only a blue wire and no blue/white, then it should be connected to the blue and the blue/white wires in the harness. -Orange and orange/white can be treated as interchangeable; ie, an orange/white head unit wire can be connected to an orange harness wire, and vice-versa. (If the harness has both an orange and orange/white, though, don't combine them--just use one or the other with the head unit). -Some harnesses have a black/white wire; this can usually be combined with the black ground wire. -Brown and orange/black wires in harnesses should be taped off individually and not connected to anything. -Some harnesses don't have a black ground wire. In this case, the black wire from the head unit will need to be grounded somewhere else. There will usually be wires left over. Make sure each one is insulated so it can't cause a short or contact another wire.

Q:I have a new light fixture I am trying to install. The electrical box has two sets of black and white wires coming in. Both of the black wires are connected together while the white wires from either set were used to connect the old fixture. How should I wire in the new fixture. The switch for this light has only one set of black and white wires connected to the light switch.

Identify the wiring so you have the power feed and the switch leg and then put some black tape on the white wire going to the switch. This should be connected to the black power feed and then the white from the power feed is connected to the white of the fixture and the black from the switch leg is connected to the black of the fixture.

Q:does copper, bell, or speaker wire carry energy faster

Do you mean the speed of electricity in wires? Why do you want to know? It is so fast, the differences make almost no difference in home applications. In unshielded copper conductor it is about 96% of the speed of light, while in a typical coaxial cable it is about 66% of the speed of light. If you had 100 meters of it, that would be the difference between 0.320 microseconds and 0.220 microseconds.