Do boat speakers HAVE to be "grounded"

[jasonelbert]

I have a 19' Rinker runabout and will be installing 2 new speakers in the front. I have heard that boat speakers all have to have a ground wire running to the fuse box or to the negetive terminal on the batterey. Is this true, and what happens if I don't run a ground? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[foodfisher]

Re: Do boat speakers HAVE to be "grounded"

I believe the speakers run on some sort of mini/micro circuit. No ground=no circuit=no sound.

 

[Silverbullet555]

Re: Do boat speakers HAVE to be "grounded"

They aren't seperately grounded outside of the positive and negative speaker wires that you need for the speakers.

 

[Levinz11]

Re: Do boat speakers HAVE to be "grounded"

They aren't seperately grounded outside of the positive and negative speaker wires that you need for the speakers.

This. I just put speakers in my boat. They go in just car speakers or house speakers.

 

[JASinIL2006]

Re: Do boat speakers HAVE to be "grounded"

They aren't seperately grounded outside of the positive and negative speaker wires that you need for the speakers.

Yeah, I just reinstalled my speakers and there were only the standard two wires coming from the amp/head unit.