Hi,
I am trying to repair a small portable speaker with a broken jack plug for a friend of mine. The cable was damaged and I want to connect a new jack.
The problem is that the connection is not what I expected. here is a close up picture of the wires connecting to the jack:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/dsc01778fv.jpg/
I am used to seeing two insulated wired for each channel and a ground wire which is usually around the other two. But in this case there is no plastic insulation, just three wires with what looks like metal on the outside. Could it be that the colors of the individual strands is in fact insulating paint? There is also some white fibers in the center of each wire but I think that is just for strength. I seems the outside of the wires do not conduct if i touch them with my multimeter.
Do you think it is possible to just solder a jack to these wires? and then how do I identify which wire is which?
I am trying to repair a small portable speaker with a broken jack plug for a friend of mine. The cable was damaged and I want to connect a new jack.
The problem is that the connection is not what I expected. here is a close up picture of the wires connecting to the jack:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/dsc01778fv.jpg/
I am used to seeing two insulated wired for each channel and a ground wire which is usually around the other two. But in this case there is no plastic insulation, just three wires with what looks like metal on the outside. Could it be that the colors of the individual strands is in fact insulating paint? There is also some white fibers in the center of each wire but I think that is just for strength. I seems the outside of the wires do not conduct if i touch them with my multimeter.
Do you think it is possible to just solder a jack to these wires? and then how do I identify which wire is which?