taylorbowl119

Wired my cb to my battery today to get rid of ignition interference and now it won't turn on. The wire is touching the battery cable and the ground is definitely ok, because it worked when I had it in the fuse box.

jamie930

I would check you ground again. A bad ground can cause the interference too

taylorbowl119

I'll check it but I seriously doubt that's what it could be. It's literally an o-terminal bolted directly to the chassis. In line fuse is not blown either

4x4Rip

If you have a fuse in the + line check that. Also, pin check with a multimeter to make sure there are no breaks in the lines. If the + wire is the only thing that changed and the - stayed the same(and worked previously) my guess is it has to be something with the connections, fuse, or a break in the wire.
Test the cb out of the truck. Maybe it's fried?

taylorbowl119

Pray it's not the last one. Quite sure it's not the fuse, but I'll take a multimeter to everything tomorrow. It's possible that the splice I made was just poorly done. I'll try it on each end and redo it if that's the case. I didn't do a great job of attaching wire to the battery, but I know it should be making a connection. I just taped it on a terminal with electrical tape but again, there should be a current.

taylorbowl119

To be honest here I know nothing about electric current, I hate messing with batteries, so this ain't exactly my forte' here haha. Is it possible that using 2 different gauged wires could cause this? Cause one wire is considerably thicker than what I used to splice it.

cleveland lotlizards

. You taped it on with electrical tape ??... There's your problem should have used duct tape lol

4x4Rip

I would like to see this tape job!

Why don't you just buy some crimp on terminal lugs. Pretty cheap at the auto parts store.

The different gauge wires will vary the resistance a bit but should still give you 12vdc if all the connections are solid. These items can be found at the auto parts store for cheap and help you get solid connections.

taylorbowl119

Normally I would have used a terminal but I didn't have on handy and figured I'd do a clean up job later. I did use butt connectors. I'll take a picture for y'all lol

taylorbowl119

If the copper touches the terminal it should be enough right? Cause it is touching