Q: How to power subwoofer's to the battery?

asked by on January 28, 2017

We are tying to install some subs in my chevy cobalt. When installing, we tried connecting to the back battery and it would not turn on. We also have jump started another car using the front battery but was unable to find a way to pull the wire through to the hood. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

My car has 96000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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