Nathan Otis

Alright... So I take the tiny little wire that came on the CB and run it
through the firewall, directly to the terminals? Three questions:

1. I'm thinking I should go purchase a couple connectors that would allow
the screw of the terminal to pass through. Is this what I should be looking
for?

2. Should I attampt to wire up my CB with something a little hevier gauge
than the little power cable that came with it, or is the thin, red-and-black
wire up to the task?

3. I've been half-heartedly searching for an existing hole (preferable with
a grommet) in the firewall. I can see one. Do I need to look harder or drill
one myself?

Thanks again,
n.

"Robert Bills" <rdbillsjr@aol.comxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20040710121333.19433.00001081@mb-m17.aol.com...
> >I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> >switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> >somewhere.
>
> Wire the positive and negative leads from your CB directly to the battery
> rather than tapping into the lighter. Two reasons come to mind: (1) less
> engine noise will be transmitted through the wiring into your CB as the
battery
> will actually "filter" much of the noise from the alternator; (2) there
will be
> many times on the trail that you want to leave your CB on when your jeep
isn't
> running. Don't worry about the current draw of the CB, it isn't much on
> receive and will only be an issue if your battery and charging system
aren't in
> good shape and you forget to turn the CB off for several days before
starting
> your jeep again. (And I can almost guarantee you will only do that once.)
;)
>
> Robert Bills
> KG6LMV
> Orange County CA
>
> http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/...p-l/billsr.htm
> http://www.RobertBills.com

Nathan Otis

Alright... So I take the tiny little wire that came on the CB and run it
through the firewall, directly to the terminals? Three questions:

1. I'm thinking I should go purchase a couple connectors that would allow
the screw of the terminal to pass through. Is this what I should be looking
for?

2. Should I attampt to wire up my CB with something a little hevier gauge
than the little power cable that came with it, or is the thin, red-and-black
wire up to the task?

3. I've been half-heartedly searching for an existing hole (preferable with
a grommet) in the firewall. I can see one. Do I need to look harder or drill
one myself?

Thanks again,
n.

"Robert Bills" <rdbillsjr@aol.comxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20040710121333.19433.00001081@mb-m17.aol.com...
> >I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> >switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> >somewhere.
>
> Wire the positive and negative leads from your CB directly to the battery
> rather than tapping into the lighter. Two reasons come to mind: (1) less
> engine noise will be transmitted through the wiring into your CB as the
battery
> will actually "filter" much of the noise from the alternator; (2) there
will be
> many times on the trail that you want to leave your CB on when your jeep
isn't
> running. Don't worry about the current draw of the CB, it isn't much on
> receive and will only be an issue if your battery and charging system
aren't in
> good shape and you forget to turn the CB off for several days before
starting
> your jeep again. (And I can almost guarantee you will only do that once.)
;)
>
> Robert Bills
> KG6LMV
> Orange County CA
>
> http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/...p-l/billsr.htm
> http://www.RobertBills.com

Nathan Otis

Alright... So I take the tiny little wire that came on the CB and run it
through the firewall, directly to the terminals? Three questions:

1. I'm thinking I should go purchase a couple connectors that would allow
the screw of the terminal to pass through. Is this what I should be looking
for?

2. Should I attampt to wire up my CB with something a little hevier gauge
than the little power cable that came with it, or is the thin, red-and-black
wire up to the task?

3. I've been half-heartedly searching for an existing hole (preferable with
a grommet) in the firewall. I can see one. Do I need to look harder or drill
one myself?

Thanks again,
n.

"Robert Bills" <rdbillsjr@aol.comxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20040710121333.19433.00001081@mb-m17.aol.com...
> >I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> >switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> >somewhere.
>
> Wire the positive and negative leads from your CB directly to the battery
> rather than tapping into the lighter. Two reasons come to mind: (1) less
> engine noise will be transmitted through the wiring into your CB as the
battery
> will actually "filter" much of the noise from the alternator; (2) there
will be
> many times on the trail that you want to leave your CB on when your jeep
isn't
> running. Don't worry about the current draw of the CB, it isn't much on
> receive and will only be an issue if your battery and charging system
aren't in
> good shape and you forget to turn the CB off for several days before
starting
> your jeep again. (And I can almost guarantee you will only do that once.)
;)
>
> Robert Bills
> KG6LMV
> Orange County CA
>
> http://www.outdoorwire.com/4x4/jeep/...p-l/billsr.htm
> http://www.RobertBills.com

Greg Allen

While power is cleanest direct from the batter, there are also two
wires thoughfully provided by D/C behind the dash when you pull the
glovebox out. Both are fused and labled. One is switched, one is
always on.

I've honestly not noticed the difference between direct to battery and
the two wires under the dash. I'm sure there's a difference, but my
tin ear can't discern it.

"Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message news:<fRGHc.64$UL5.77727@news.uswest.net>...
> Hey guys,
>
> I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> somewhere. I can cut and slice wires, but I don't know a lot about
> electrical systems, so help me out... Does this sound like it'll work? Where
> would I ground to in a recent model year TJ (2003)?
>
> The CB is run-of-the-mill low-end stuff. It has a fuse inline, too.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> n.

Greg Allen

While power is cleanest direct from the batter, there are also two
wires thoughfully provided by D/C behind the dash when you pull the
glovebox out. Both are fused and labled. One is switched, one is
always on.

I've honestly not noticed the difference between direct to battery and
the two wires under the dash. I'm sure there's a difference, but my
tin ear can't discern it.

"Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message news:<fRGHc.64$UL5.77727@news.uswest.net>...
> Hey guys,
>
> I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> somewhere. I can cut and slice wires, but I don't know a lot about
> electrical systems, so help me out... Does this sound like it'll work? Where
> would I ground to in a recent model year TJ (2003)?
>
> The CB is run-of-the-mill low-end stuff. It has a fuse inline, too.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> n.

Greg Allen

While power is cleanest direct from the batter, there are also two
wires thoughfully provided by D/C behind the dash when you pull the
glovebox out. Both are fused and labled. One is switched, one is
always on.

I've honestly not noticed the difference between direct to battery and
the two wires under the dash. I'm sure there's a difference, but my
tin ear can't discern it.

"Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message news:<fRGHc.64$UL5.77727@news.uswest.net>...
> Hey guys,
>
> I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> somewhere. I can cut and slice wires, but I don't know a lot about
> electrical systems, so help me out... Does this sound like it'll work? Where
> would I ground to in a recent model year TJ (2003)?
>
> The CB is run-of-the-mill low-end stuff. It has a fuse inline, too.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> n.

Greg Allen

While power is cleanest direct from the batter, there are also two
wires thoughfully provided by D/C behind the dash when you pull the
glovebox out. Both are fused and labled. One is switched, one is
always on.

I've honestly not noticed the difference between direct to battery and
the two wires under the dash. I'm sure there's a difference, but my
tin ear can't discern it.

"Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message news:<fRGHc.64$UL5.77727@news.uswest.net>...
> Hey guys,
>
> I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> somewhere. I can cut and slice wires, but I don't know a lot about
> electrical systems, so help me out... Does this sound like it'll work? Where
> would I ground to in a recent model year TJ (2003)?
>
> The CB is run-of-the-mill low-end stuff. It has a fuse inline, too.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> n.

TW

I have just recently been through hell to wire my CB (keep in mind I have a
RHD TJ, therefore, my fuse box, battery and all electricals are on the left
hand side). I tried the "direct to battery" route, but there was too much
noise. I tried the cig lighter, again noise. In the end, I tapped into
the head light switch positive and negative directly to the firewall. Both
positive and negative are fused. The noise was very low. I then
separately grounded the CB unit's body to the firewall and antenna to the
frame. This solved all my noise problems. Now I can run my CB unswitched
and have had no noise problems. My antenna is mounted on top of the left
rear light using a bracket from Quadratec. The hole for the base is
slightly off set allowing me to open my hardtop rear glass.

I know everybody recommends going direct to the battery, but for some
reason it didn't work on my TJ. May be being a RHD, it was picking up
noise from somewhere. Hope this helps.

TW
--
01 TJ Renegade 4.0L Auto
D30/44, 265/75R16 BFG Muds


"Greg Allen" <gregorya@jps.net> wrote in message
news:c64a3c54.0407102056.461e0ab7@posting.google.c om...
> While power is cleanest direct from the batter, there are also two
> wires thoughfully provided by D/C behind the dash when you pull the
> glovebox out. Both are fused and labled. One is switched, one is
> always on.
>
> I've honestly not noticed the difference between direct to battery and
> the two wires under the dash. I'm sure there's a difference, but my
> tin ear can't discern it.
>
> "Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message
news:<fRGHc.64$UL5.77727@news.uswest.net>...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> > switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> > somewhere. I can cut and slice wires, but I don't know a lot about
> > electrical systems, so help me out... Does this sound like it'll work?
Where
> > would I ground to in a recent model year TJ (2003)?
> >
> > The CB is run-of-the-mill low-end stuff. It has a fuse inline, too.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > n.

TW

I have just recently been through hell to wire my CB (keep in mind I have a
RHD TJ, therefore, my fuse box, battery and all electricals are on the left
hand side). I tried the "direct to battery" route, but there was too much
noise. I tried the cig lighter, again noise. In the end, I tapped into
the head light switch positive and negative directly to the firewall. Both
positive and negative are fused. The noise was very low. I then
separately grounded the CB unit's body to the firewall and antenna to the
frame. This solved all my noise problems. Now I can run my CB unswitched
and have had no noise problems. My antenna is mounted on top of the left
rear light using a bracket from Quadratec. The hole for the base is
slightly off set allowing me to open my hardtop rear glass.

I know everybody recommends going direct to the battery, but for some
reason it didn't work on my TJ. May be being a RHD, it was picking up
noise from somewhere. Hope this helps.

TW
--
01 TJ Renegade 4.0L Auto
D30/44, 265/75R16 BFG Muds


"Greg Allen" <gregorya@jps.net> wrote in message
news:c64a3c54.0407102056.461e0ab7@posting.google.c om...
> While power is cleanest direct from the batter, there are also two
> wires thoughfully provided by D/C behind the dash when you pull the
> glovebox out. Both are fused and labled. One is switched, one is
> always on.
>
> I've honestly not noticed the difference between direct to battery and
> the two wires under the dash. I'm sure there's a difference, but my
> tin ear can't discern it.
>
> "Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message
news:<fRGHc.64$UL5.77727@news.uswest.net>...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> > switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> > somewhere. I can cut and slice wires, but I don't know a lot about
> > electrical systems, so help me out... Does this sound like it'll work?
Where
> > would I ground to in a recent model year TJ (2003)?
> >
> > The CB is run-of-the-mill low-end stuff. It has a fuse inline, too.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > n.

TW

I have just recently been through hell to wire my CB (keep in mind I have a
RHD TJ, therefore, my fuse box, battery and all electricals are on the left
hand side). I tried the "direct to battery" route, but there was too much
noise. I tried the cig lighter, again noise. In the end, I tapped into
the head light switch positive and negative directly to the firewall. Both
positive and negative are fused. The noise was very low. I then
separately grounded the CB unit's body to the firewall and antenna to the
frame. This solved all my noise problems. Now I can run my CB unswitched
and have had no noise problems. My antenna is mounted on top of the left
rear light using a bracket from Quadratec. The hole for the base is
slightly off set allowing me to open my hardtop rear glass.

I know everybody recommends going direct to the battery, but for some
reason it didn't work on my TJ. May be being a RHD, it was picking up
noise from somewhere. Hope this helps.

TW
--
01 TJ Renegade 4.0L Auto
D30/44, 265/75R16 BFG Muds


"Greg Allen" <gregorya@jps.net> wrote in message
news:c64a3c54.0407102056.461e0ab7@posting.google.c om...
> While power is cleanest direct from the batter, there are also two
> wires thoughfully provided by D/C behind the dash when you pull the
> glovebox out. Both are fused and labled. One is switched, one is
> always on.
>
> I've honestly not noticed the difference between direct to battery and
> the two wires under the dash. I'm sure there's a difference, but my
> tin ear can't discern it.
>
> "Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message
news:<fRGHc.64$UL5.77727@news.uswest.net>...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I need to hardwire my CB to power. I was thinking of tapping into the
> > switched cig lighter with the red wire and grounding the black wire
> > somewhere. I can cut and slice wires, but I don't know a lot about
> > electrical systems, so help me out... Does this sound like it'll work?
Where
> > would I ground to in a recent model year TJ (2003)?
> >
> > The CB is run-of-the-mill low-end stuff. It has a fuse inline, too.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > n.