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Step 2Prepare the speakers
Remove the back of the speaker. Mine just had screws attaching it, if yours is glued or heat sealed together you may need to get inventive.
Locate the positive and negative sides of the speaker setup.
I wanted the amp circuit to be inside the box so i cut back and stripped the end of the wire giving myself enough room to secure the circuit anywhere I wanted to inside the amp.
Unfortunately for me, the wood was so thick, the pots and jack couldn't mount to the wood itself. I happened to have a metal plate that I used for a guitar pedal that didn't work out like I wanted, so I decided to just mount the parts to that.
I mounted the plate where i wanted it and drilled out holes to know where the parts would mount. Then I used the router attachment for my rotary tool to route out the holes big enough to fit the entire pot and jack through. NOTE: you really owe it to yourself to get a rotary tool with a good set of attachments, it just makes everything so much easier.
Finally I mounted the parts to the metal plate.
Locate the positive and negative sides of the speaker setup.
I wanted the amp circuit to be inside the box so i cut back and stripped the end of the wire giving myself enough room to secure the circuit anywhere I wanted to inside the amp.
Unfortunately for me, the wood was so thick, the pots and jack couldn't mount to the wood itself. I happened to have a metal plate that I used for a guitar pedal that didn't work out like I wanted, so I decided to just mount the parts to that.
I mounted the plate where i wanted it and drilled out holes to know where the parts would mount. Then I used the router attachment for my rotary tool to route out the holes big enough to fit the entire pot and jack through. NOTE: you really owe it to yourself to get a rotary tool with a good set of attachments, it just makes everything so much easier.
Finally I mounted the parts to the metal plate.
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Cool instructible! Well, It isnt' very Important which wire goes where on a speaker, because they are Powered by AC.
How about using an amplifier which is a bit more powerful? But then you'll have to store the energy out of the solar cells in a lead battery or so.