See for manuals on all the CB’s they carry. If that’s the case you will need to take the power off via a direct connection to the battery terminals with fuses as close to those terminals on both leads as you can get(that’s critical, if you don’t fuse at the battery and that red wire get’s abraded against the car’s body, the battery will make enough current flow to very quickly set things on fire!). CUZEC Heavy-Duty 15A Male Plug Cigarette Lighter Adapter Power Supply Cord with 1.6ft / 0.5m 16 AWG Cable Wire for Car Inverter Air Pump Electric Cup and DIY (1. The thing to look for will be ignition and alternator noise, which can be VERY strong at the plug in some, ok most, cars. PA Horn Speaker w/Plug & Wire - 5 inch for CB/Ham Radio.
5-.8A on receive), your car’s lighter adaper will be fine in that regard. Plug the other end of the adapter into your vehicle’s ciga-rette-lighter socket. Insert the barrel plug into the scanner’s DC 12V jack. Follow these steps to use vehicle battery power. If you car has a the normal ‘negative ground’ system, solder the red wire to the center pin and the black to the ‘ears’.ĬB’s draw very little aperage(about 1.5Amperes on transmit, about. Then discon-nect the cord from the vehicle’s cigarette-lighter plug before you disconnect it from the scanner. You can, as the others said, get a plug for a few bucks or scrounge one from a 12V device that you no longer use. Also when you hang the mike, make sure the mikewire isn’t swinging back and forth because bending it back and forth will shorten it’s life too.ĭon’t count on the radio having a 12V plug in the box, It will come with an unterminated-at-one-end set of power leads with a fuseholder and quick connect at the radio end. Remember the radio is a little heavy for it’s size so be careful not to mount it to anything that is too week to take the bouncing down the road it’s going to have to withstand. In Great Working Condition.UpBright 30 days money back guarantee. As you know bending a wire back and forth will break it. Make sure this fits by entering your model number. Make sure there is enough room behind the radio to hook up the wires and don’t make it so close the wires are rubbing and bending back and forth from vibration. Keep it close enough that the mike wire isn’t stretched to much when you’re blabbing because stretching breaks the wires. If you mount the radio where the heater blows on it, it will overheat the radio inside and shorten it’s life. The main rules are usability and staying away from the heater.
Cigarette lighter plug radio shack install#
Here are some install tips from Truck City If the plug does not have fuse you may want to wire a fuse and fuse holder inline to protect the CB.ĭonkeyoatey’s link was great but I think that site is dealers only. Make sure the head of the lighter plug has an inline fuse that meets (but does not exceed) the power requirements of the CB. Cb Radio Power Cord/Cables 2-Wire 15A 3-Pin CB Power Cord with 12V Cigarette Lighter Plug for Cb Radio (2 Pack) 904. 20-106 RadioShack PRO106 PRO164 Trunking Handheld Radio Scanner 12 Volt to 9VDC DC9V 9.0V Auto Vehicle Power Supply Cord. I would say the Shack will have what you need, All you need is a simple lighter plug to stripped wire and some bullet connectors that will wire to the 12V wires of the CB. UpBright Car 9V DC Adapter Compatible with Radio Shack PRO-106 PRO-164 Cat.
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