Powering my cb

the_mag221 · Mar 26, 2012

I just thought about the cig lighter, but it's on 100% of the time even when the key is gone. I would like to make it work the same way the radio do. Do i plug it in the fuse box ? Should i add a new fuse or use the same one as the radio use.
If some people have a other tread or web page to show me, it would be apreciated. Because really electrical and electronic stuff is my beast, and i dont know anything about how it works beside the red and black wire, lol

Rangered06 · Mar 26, 2012

if you can find the wire coming from your radio that turns it on with the key just run it to a relay to turn power to your cb on if your gonna leave it on all the time.

kryptonitecb · Mar 26, 2012

You could turn off your cb when you leave the vehicle

or find that keyed power wire for your radio

Sent from road while ignoring traffic

press 1 for english · Mar 26, 2012

the_mag221 said:
I just thought about the cig lighter, but it's on 100% of the time even when the key is gone. I would like to make it work the same way the radio do. Do i plug it in the fuse box ? Should i add a new fuse or use the same one as the radio use.
If some people have a other tread or web page to show me, it would be apreciated. Because really electrical and electronic stuff is my beast, and i dont know anything about how it works beside the red and black wire, lol

What in the world is the problem with the cigarette lighter being hot all the time? The CB radio draws 0 amps when turned off and about .2 amps when just turned on.....about 1-2 amps when keyed.

straycat · Mar 26, 2012

Mine is pluged into the cig lighter when I take it along. I just turn off the cb when not in use. The only thing wrong with running the cb into the hot wire on the radio is that you have to turn on the ingnition to use the cb.

adsm08 · Mar 26, 2012

Mine is wired right to the cig lighter hot wire. I just turn it off.

Nathan123 · Mar 27, 2012

I originally wired mine to my radio with a wire tap so I couldnt turn the engine off and leave the cb on and kill my battery. I had some problems with interference/noise in the cb speaker so I just hooked it to the battery anyway.

Powering my cb

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