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Offline Guy90

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« on: November 21, 2004, 22:41:07 »
Going to be installing my CB this week. I was told that I should wire it directly to the battery (I haven't got a cigarette lighter thing). Should I? It occurs to me that if you do this then you need to remeber you have got it on as leaving it on (say overnight) would flatten the battery pretty quickly.

Any advice gratefully received!

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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2004, 22:43:26 »
Probably a good idea to have a permanent feed to it - mine keeps reverting to channel 9 every time i turn the ignition off and back on again. #-o  

Maybe wire it via an illuminated switch and inline fuses tho.
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2004, 22:52:47 »
Given the amount of current drawn by a CB on a quiet channel, I wouldn't worry about draining the battery anyway.
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2004, 22:57:00 »
i dont leave mine in on days its not used, it would just get stolen and its only 2 thumb screws to take out. i put a quick release plug inline on mine.
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2004, 23:02:01 »
ive fitted a cigarette type thing on the lead, then take it out of car at night.  easy peasy :wink:  :lol:
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2004, 16:55:17 »
Thanks for the advice! Installing tomorrow direct to battery.

Guy
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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2004, 17:24:55 »
I always use the squelch right up when laning or on play sites. So there's little chance of anything holding the squelch open and making it use more power.
If you left it on for a few weeks it might bother it.

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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2004, 17:27:35 »
Quote from: "Guy90"
Thanks for the advice! Installing tomorrow direct to battery.


Via a fuse of course :-)
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2004, 17:29:56 »
Safety first.....
To protect the cable.

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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2004, 21:31:56 »
My dad has a Fire Brigade radio fitted to his works car (Cheshire Fire Brigade) which is direct to the battery on a 20a fuse. It’s on a switch but more often than not it’s left on fore several days when he's off.
The feed powers the radio head unit and the big receiving pack in the boot which doesn’t seem to drain the battery, and that’s on a busy channel. So I wouldn’t have thought a CB radio would affect the battery too much if left on overnight.
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2004, 21:35:42 »
Whilst on CB, I get a lot of engine noise on mine whilst driving, any body got any ideas of what capacitor I need ?
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2004, 22:18:40 »
Fuse! Their for girls :lol:  :lol:  :lol: .

I had assumed that CBs draw a lot of power and that leaving switched on for a couple hours or so would kill the battery. Happily not.

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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2004, 22:21:20 »
Nah, a radio in receive mode draws a minimal amount of power... if there is a lot of chatter, there may be some draw from the audio amp in there, but again.. it's small amounts.
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2004, 22:45:41 »
Give Jason a call. He knows a thing or two about CB's.
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« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2004, 22:48:05 »
Quote from: "jimbob"
Give Jason a call. He knows a thing or two about CB's.


In what way :?  :?  :? .

He's kept that quiet :lol:  :lol:  :lol: .

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« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2004, 23:00:42 »
He helped me put mine in.
Said he puts all the ones in the trucks where he works. I think? :?
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