where/how can I get a power lead from the battery under the

[snoops]

where/how can I get a power lead from the battery under the bonnet to my stereo?

tia

[cliffybabe]

u mena u want a constant power for the radio live??

[maxfield]

For a constant live I took one from the cigarette lighter.

[snoops]

no I mean how can I connect the power lead from my amp in the boot to the battery? will it fit through the grommet behind the glovebox? any tips on how to get it through?

[cliffybabe]

yeah it will go throught he gromet make a small hole in the gromet stick a coat hange rthrought he hole look under th edash find ur metal coat hanger get some leccy tape and tape the wire to the coat hanger and pull it through

[snoops]

thanks

[cliffybabe]

no worries god luck remember to run the rca's away from the battery cable cos it can cause distortion

[snoops]

will do, what will happen if I connected the subwoofer wrong (i.e. got + & - mixed up) as I connected the terminals of the sub to the wires without checking, I know you can check by using a battery and checking to see if the speaker pops out or in but I don't really want to have to disconnect everything and open up the sub box to check

would it cause any damage

[cliffybabe]

i'd check cos it can send the audio signal in squares rather than waves causing the sub to burn out on the wire that runs the subs coil for the 6-8screws to release the sub its worth it to be on the safe side

I would even do the battery trick, I dont rate that at all

[tomtomiS]

For a constant live I took one from the cigarette lighter.

mind those stirrups max, thats the worst piece of advice you have ever given, and if ur using the same method on your car you really should do it properly

[ian332isport]

My God ! There's a lot of dodgy info in this thread

Swapping the connections to any speaker will not cause any damage to the speaker (sub or otherwise), or the amplifier. It can however effect how the system sounds overall.

If one speaker is pushed outwards, at the same time as another speaker is going inwards, the sound waves can effectively cancel each other out. It's not quite so important with a sub, as the frequencies involved are a lot different to the rest of the speakers in the car. It would be a big issue if you have more than one sub though.

Ian.