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How to best run wiring for exterior speakers
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:24 am
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:24 am
Building a home theater with an AV receiver that has a zone 2. Plan to run wiring through the walls and then poke a hole in the exterior to run exterior speakers. I’ve found a junction box and some liquid tight conduit and fittings that should be perfect. I’ll likely have one box where the wires come out and then 2 more where each speaker is.
My only issue is I am not sure what product to get to have a clean connection from the conduit to the speakers themselves. Do they make boxes for this? Or do I just have to run the wiring from a hole in the box to the speakers and just accept that it’ll be exposed?
My only issue is I am not sure what product to get to have a clean connection from the conduit to the speakers themselves. Do they make boxes for this? Or do I just have to run the wiring from a hole in the box to the speakers and just accept that it’ll be exposed?
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Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:04 pm to jlovel7
Do you have the speakers currently?
If not, consider buying wireless.
If you have them already, when I wired my theater room (inside however) I bought everything off of monoprice.com.
I would think a waterproof box that hold a/v speaker connectors would be fine to make the connection at the house. Then run the wire to the locations and put another waterproof box and have the a/v speaker connectors (banana plugs)
I've never run some outside, so, I may be completely wrong.
If not, consider buying wireless.
If you have them already, when I wired my theater room (inside however) I bought everything off of monoprice.com.
I would think a waterproof box that hold a/v speaker connectors would be fine to make the connection at the house. Then run the wire to the locations and put another waterproof box and have the a/v speaker connectors (banana plugs)
I've never run some outside, so, I may be completely wrong.
This post was edited on 5/14/25 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:09 pm to jlovel7
I used a plate with banana plugs for all my speakers inside. You could do the same at the box.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:16 pm to jlovel7
These days I'd go with bluetooth or wifi speakers and skip the wiring. But if you want the wires, terminate your long runs at both ends with a closed box in which you have mounted plugs for banana jacks. Then hook the source and the speakers via those boxes using banana plugs and short leads. A way to quickly disconnect outside speakers comes in very handy when house washing time comes around.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:41 pm to jlovel7
Like this? I have these and just run whips of speaker wire in whatever length needed to connect.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 2:44 pm to jlovel7
You can use a thick, insulated, round speaker wire and use a strain relief with a 5/8 JB inlet.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 3:39 pm to GeauxldMember
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I have these and just run whips of speaker wire in whatever length needed to connect.
I use the plug wall plates inside, but for my outdoor speakers I just have the speaker wire coming out of a very small hole in the wall under the back porch roof where the speakers are located and I screwed the wires directly to the back of the outdoor speakers. No problem if they are shielded from rain.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:29 am to TBoy
This is exactly what I did
And the wire runs in the attic coming down in my garage where my receiver is.
And the wire runs in the attic coming down in my garage where my receiver is.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:00 am to jlovel7
Poke them through your outside ceiling that leads to the attic and call it a day. Mount the speaker over the hole. It’s a tiny hole.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:10 am to ColdDuck
Mine is a hole slightly bigger than the wire with some caulk after I attached to the speaker.
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