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With a simple flashlight battery.Connect wires to the speaker then breifly touch the wires to the battery and watch the speaker.If you have positive to positive and negative to negative the speaker will "push outwards" if you have it reversed it will "suck inwards"

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It depends what you mean by 'polarity'.

For a d.c. circuit, 'polarity' means correctly identifying the positive and negative conductors. You can use a d.c. voltmeter (or multimeter set to measure d.c. voltage), taking care to observe its polarity markings. If the instrument's needle moves upscale, then the polarity of the supply matches the polarity of the instrument.

For an a.c. circuit, 'polarity' means that the line and neutral conductors are correctly identified. To do this, you need to use an a.c. voltmeter (or a multimeter set to read a.c. voltage). With one of the voltmeter's terminals connected to earth (ground), the other terminal is connected to the supply connections. A deflection indicates a line conductor, whereas no deflection indicates the neutral conductor. Always check that the voltmeter is working properly before conducting the test.

Also, be aware that a.c. mains (supply) voltages represent a serious shock hazard, so do not conduct a polarity test if you do not know how to protect yourself against this hazard.

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