Wiring power cable from battery for amp

[Leebob]

Can any of you good fellows here tell me which would be the best place to route this from the engine bay to the boot.Apologies for not putting this in the audio section,thought id get a quicker response here.Cheers lads.Lee

[ant_gti]

pull back the carpet a bit on the passenger side under the lower glovebox theres a rubber grommet behind there.

[Leebob]

Cheers buddy.Will have a look when I get back on it

[tweed]

Through the grommet then under the seal cover. You will see all the cables that are clipped in once you unclip the cover. Use that down the passenger side. Then under the carpet, under the rear bench and your there.

[ttelracs]

I used the same location. I found it easier wiring it through from the engine bay as the grommet is clearly visible.  Don't do as I did though and remove the grommet, then run the wire through connecting it all up and then remembered I hadn't run the wire through the grommet, just the hole in the bulkhead !

Always place the in-line fuseholder as close to the battery as possible too.  One of the easiest I've done, and I've done a few in my time....

[Leebob]

Cheers lads.Just another quick question,ive run the cables for the front speakers down each side of the car under the interior sill trims,will I have any problems with interference from the power cable doing it this way?Could I wrap the power cable in something to stop interference?

[chiefwhosm]

Could someone tell me which of the grommets is the right one? The only cable I found leading back to the passenger area was the aerial lead.

Leebob, I gather from another forum (think it was talkaudio) that the best thing is to have the cables (power, 2amp, 2speakers) running with one group down the left, one down the center and one down the right.

Though I did think of just (as you were asking) using the cable piping/sleeving that came with the audio kit I bought to just wrap the cables in to keep them protected.

Wondering though whether if you coiled thin wire over the cables (as well as the sleeving)whether it would act like a twisted pair (such as in an ethernet cable) and cancel out/reduce the crossover.

Chief

[itavaltalainen]

it's the one marked in green...

ran my wire for 2nd cigarette lighter (for my camping fridge) in from there.

[chiefwhosm]

Thanks for the picture, I'd been looking for something with cables already feeding into it. Another site said the grommet was where the pollen filter was (hence why all I found was an aerial lead I guess).

Chief

[chiefwhosm]

Hi,
   I think this is the same grommet as your picture:



(a metal 13mm bolt) but, where does it actually feed through to?

 I removed the glovebox/lower shelf, part of the door trim and pulled back the carpet and soundproofing under-felt to try and find it, but it's pretty well hidden in the tangle of cables and the blower heater parts.

Also, I take it the grommet's hole is large enough for 4 gauge wire to fit through? (as you can see I used the probe of a multimeter to in the picture above, needle size goes in okay, but the slightly wider red section after that seems to be blocked by something.

Thanks,
           Chief