NickThePyro
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Kent
I have to finish wiring my CB radio by 4pm this afternoon before I go to Naxja's NWFest and I have no idea where to run the power leads to. Thanks in advanced.
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Where to get power for CB
- Thread starter NickThePyro
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dagr8tim
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Columbus, Oh
Your best bet would be a dedicated line (fused) off of your battery. Other possible's are the extra slots in your fuse box labeled "ign" & "acc" for ignition and accessory, or you could tap the 12 cig plug.
Anything but straight off the battery will hurt your cb's performance and you will have a chance of picking up alternator whine.
Anything but straight off the battery will hurt your cb's performance and you will have a chance of picking up alternator whine.
vincepru
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- cleveland, ohio/ KC, MO
Take some necessary tools with you I'm sure some guys will be glad to help you set that up quickly in the parking lot. It shouldn't be that hard.
NickThePyro
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Kent
Okay ill just power it to the batt. What amp fuse should I use?
dagr8tim
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Columbus, Oh
Your CB should tell you or you can google the model number and find the specs. As a general rule, you shouldn't need more than 10 amps (you could probably get away with 7 or even 5).
- Location
- Columbus, In
On mine i robbed the wiring for the cigarette ighter since it didn't work anyways and I don't smoke. I have an inline fuse on the positive side.
snail
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Jersey
x2^^
just a quick splice and the inline fuse and extra wiring hides away easily
just a quick splice and the inline fuse and extra wiring hides away easily
Onetype
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Austin, Tx
I mounted mine between my visors so I ended up using the power to the dome light since it was right there too. I dont have a dome light so it was an easy choice.
cj11
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Easton Pa.
cig lighter that way when you kill the ignition it will shut off.
NickThePyro
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Kent
I just through the positive straight into a fuse slot that was open and grounded the negative to the chassis. Not a good fix but it worked for the weekend.
