Does anyone have a suggestion for the best cable or wire to use for the hot and ground wire ? I assume 10 guage and am planning on going direct to the battery.
I have heard of some people using coax and seen on line how to do it. Is that a good idea ?? O/O truck so drilling holes and routing are not a problem. I want to do it right.
THANKS guys and gals.
Galaxy DX 98VHP Install Help
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by KAK, Nov 3, 2012.
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IIRC I believe that radio uses 8 gauge wire. Run both power wires straight off the battery. Any car stereo shop should readily have 8 gauge wire on hand.
Nice radio BTW. There's one locally I want to buy, just can't seem to come up with the $350 to get it.KAK Thanks this. -
I'd use the 8 gauge also and go straight to the battery.
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Cool deal. THANKS guys
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go to home depot or lowes to buy that wire. i bought some 8 gauge for my inverter to power a fridge and 25 feet of water/oil/gas resistant with the connectors was about 30 bucks. far cheaper than buying it from walmart or some cb shop if you can do the install yourself.
i used a car stereo transistor fuse at the battery so if there was any problem, it would blow the fuse directly at the battery. the fuse cost me about 25 bucks too. that radio will use a lot of amps, so be sure you have a good fuse and solder the connections for the best result.KAK Thanks this. -
Use 8 guage and nothing less go directly to battery and most important make sure to have a fuse between radio and battery on the hot wire
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Great advice guys, just want to make sure and do it right. It has one fuse with the radio wiring but I will put one in the ground and another one in the hot wire, cheap insurance.
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Did you get it hooked up ? If so how do you like it?
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Hopefully I will have a chance to get it put in later today. I want to do a little more work to lower my SWR a bit more first. I will let ya know how I like it for sure.
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The center conductor will move through the foam dielectric over time, eventually shorting out. This usually happens at a bend in the coax, and the sharper the bend, the sooner it happens. Add heat (from I^2R losses as well as external sources) and vibration, and it happens faster.
Besides, the center conductor is only 10GA, and you can get proper power cable for a lot less.KAK Thanks this.
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