CB Radio power wiring.
01-09-2012, 07:35 PM
#11
Senior Member
They also make a fuse tap (http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...content=value4)
that plugs in place of the original fuse, and then gives you a fuse holder for the original circuit plus the new circuit....using No Thanks diagram above wire the fuse tap into the green and plug into the correct place in the fuse box.
To find a switched circuit, use a light tester or multimeter and probe the fuse panel, while turning the key on and off.... locate the radio fuses in the manual and try to use those... that way the new circuit will work with the retained power function like the radio.
that plugs in place of the original fuse, and then gives you a fuse holder for the original circuit plus the new circuit....using No Thanks diagram above wire the fuse tap into the green and plug into the correct place in the fuse box.
To find a switched circuit, use a light tester or multimeter and probe the fuse panel, while turning the key on and off.... locate the radio fuses in the manual and try to use those... that way the new circuit will work with the retained power function like the radio.
01-09-2012, 10:58 PM
#13
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I have my cb wired to ignition! in the fuse box right side it it the 10 amp red one on the very top of the stacked fused it also controls the instrument cluster. use a add a fuse and run it like that!
01-10-2012, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by strawsb
I have my cb wired to ignition! in the fuse box right side it it the 10 amp red one on the very top of the stacked fused it also controls the instrument cluster. use a add a fuse and run it like that!
01-16-2012, 09:21 PM
#17
It's not a CB, but I wired an accessory to the "accessory delay relay" in the fuse panel. That way, it comes on with the truck, but also stays on until you open your door like the radio and window switches do. Look in the manual under fuses for its location, or another fuses location if you want to do it differently. Just make sure there's an in line fuse to the CB.
01-17-2012, 07:09 PM
#20
Midland 1001z. I'm hookin it up tonight. I just went to radio shack and got all the stuff for the PA system aspect of it. I've decided to run the positive to the battery and run the negative to a bolt on the frame. I got a firestick 4 foot tunable tip antenna. I guess ill calibrate it eventually with a SWR meter.
