electrical hookup CB radio on 04 TJ Unlimited

Does anyone have any wisdom where to hook up the CB radio, hot wire? Should
I hook up directly to the battery? Any wisdom, schematics, wiring diagram
etc would be helpful. Thanks Gus Hrncir, Houston, Texas

On the earlier TJ's there are two accessory wires fused, taped off, and
marked around the fuse block, behind the glove box. I would NOT go directly
to the battery!

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JimG
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"hrncir" wrote in message ...
> Does anyone have any wisdom where to hook up the CB radio, hot wire?
Should
> I hook up directly to the battery? Any wisdom, schematics, wiring diagram
> etc would be helpful. Thanks Gus Hrncir, Houston, Texas

Jim, that's exactly where any 2-way radio should be connected, directly
to the battery. I've been involved in building, repairing, and using
HF/VHF/UHF 2-way commercial, military, ham, and CB radios since probably
'66 and "Basic Radio Installation 101" technique is to always to obtain
power for any 2-way radio as close to the battery as humanly possible,
if you can't wire it directly to the battery. The battery acts like a
big noise suppressor/capacitor and helps a 2-way radio send and receive
with as little externally generated noise as possible.

Jerry

JimG wrote:
> On the earlier TJ's there are two accessory wires fused, taped off, and
> marked around the fuse block, behind the glove box. I would NOT go directly
> to the battery!
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

Hi Jerry,

I am sure you are correct, that is the best power available (assuming your
ground is as equally good). My suggestion is not "off the cuff", I too have
an extensive electrical/electronic background. My suggestion was for a new
TJ owner wanting to connect a CB radio for general usage (I assume) which I
have done multiple times with success. Now if he wants to drill through the
firewall and properly fuse and size the wire, add a linear to talk across
the country, then yes go directly to the battery (make sure you use all gold
plated hardware too!). :-)

JimG

"Jerry Bransford" wrote in message ...
> Jim, that's exactly where any 2-way radio should be connected, directly
> to the battery. I've been involved in building, repairing, and using
> HF/VHF/UHF 2-way commercial, military, ham, and CB radios since probably
> '66 and "Basic Radio Installation 101" technique is to always to obtain
> power for any 2-way radio as close to the battery as humanly possible,
> if you can't wire it directly to the battery. The battery acts like a
> big noise suppressor/capacitor and helps a 2-way radio send and receive
> with as little externally generated noise as possible.
>

No need to drill through the firewall to pass wiring through it Jim,
there is a large rubber grommet at the top of the driver's side footwell
that allows wiring to be passed through the firewall to the battery.

Jerry

JimG wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> I am sure you are correct, that is the best power available (assuming your
> ground is as equally good). My suggestion is not "off the cuff", I too have
> an extensive electrical/electronic background. My suggestion was for a new
> TJ owner wanting to connect a CB radio for general usage (I assume) which I
> have done multiple times with success. Now if he wants to drill through the
> firewall and properly fuse and size the wire, add a linear to talk across
> the country, then yes go directly to the battery (make sure you use all gold
> plated hardware too!). :-)
>
> JimG
>
> "Jerry Bransford" wrote in message ...
>
>>Jim, that's exactly where any 2-way radio should be connected, directly
>>to the battery. I've been involved in building, repairing, and using
>>HF/VHF/UHF 2-way commercial, military, ham, and CB radios since probably
>>'66 and "Basic Radio Installation 101" technique is to always to obtain
>>power for any 2-way radio as close to the battery as humanly possible,
>>if you can't wire it directly to the battery. The battery acts like a
>>big noise suppressor/capacitor and helps a 2-way radio send and receive
>>with as little externally generated noise as possible.
>>
>
>
>

--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/

There are two schools of thought on that. You can connect it directly to the
battery and remember to turn it off, or you can connect it to a switched
source that is hot when the key is in the ACC position, or ON, this way the
CB will be off when the key is off.




"hrncir" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone have any wisdom where to hook up the CB radio, hot wire?
Should
> I hook up directly to the battery? Any wisdom, schematics, wiring diagram
> etc would be helpful. Thanks Gus Hrncir, Houston, Texas
>
>

Don't forget the fuse as close as possible to the power source.




"hrncir" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone have any wisdom where to hook up the CB radio, hot wire?
Should
> I hook up directly to the battery? Any wisdom, schematics, wiring diagram
> etc would be helpful. Thanks Gus Hrncir, Houston, Texas
>
>

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hrncir wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any wisdom where to hook up the CB radio, hot wire? Should
> I hook up directly to the battery? Any wisdom, schematics, wiring diagram
> etc would be helpful. Thanks Gus Hrncir, Houston, Texas

As Jerry said, the primary reason for running the power leads directly
to the battery is noise suppression, not for high-powered linears.

Dick - W6CCD

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:28:29 GMT, "JimG" > wrote:

>Hi Jerry,
>
>I am sure you are correct, that is the best power available (assuming your
>ground is as equally good). My suggestion is not "off the cuff", I too have
>an extensive electrical/electronic background. My suggestion was for a new
>TJ owner wanting to connect a CB radio for general usage (I assume) which I
>have done multiple times with success. Now if he wants to drill through the
>firewall and properly fuse and size the wire, add a linear to talk across
>the country, then yes go directly to the battery (make sure you use all gold
>plated hardware too!). :-)
>
>JimG
>
>"Jerry Bransford" wrote in message ...
>> Jim, that's exactly where any 2-way radio should be connected, directly
>> to the battery. I've been involved in building, repairing, and using
>> HF/VHF/UHF 2-way commercial, military, ham, and CB radios since probably
>> '66 and "Basic Radio Installation 101" technique is to always to obtain
>> power for any 2-way radio as close to the battery as humanly possible,
>> if you can't wire it directly to the battery. The battery acts like a
>> big noise suppressor/capacitor and helps a 2-way radio send and receive
>> with as little externally generated noise as possible.
>>
>

You could also install a relay between the battery and the CB, wired to be
switched on when the ignition is on.


"Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
...
> There are two schools of thought on that. You can connect it directly to
the
> battery and remember to turn it off, or you can connect it to a switched
> source that is hot when the key is in the ACC position, or ON, this way
the
> CB will be off when the key is off.
>
>
>
>
> "hrncir" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Does anyone have any wisdom where to hook up the CB radio, hot wire?
> Should
> > I hook up directly to the battery? Any wisdom, schematics, wiring
diagram
> > etc would be helpful. Thanks Gus Hrncir, Houston, Texas
> >
> >
>
>