Noobie Question

[97DodgeDK]

Alright, I am very new to CB's. I have a Cobra 25 LTD night watch which is supposedly tuned whatever that means, and a Wilson 1000 mag mount antenna. My question is how do you run power to the CB. It connects into the back of the CB but just has two bare wires at the other end. I am running it in my truck. Sorry for the really really Noob question
Thanks

[TnCobra]

I always run mine streight to the battery, red to pos and black to ground. But this is just the way I do mine....

[yogi051]

With a cobra 25 you could go to the local truckstop /radio shop or even radio smack and get a adapter to run it in the cigarette lighter..running it to the battery is the best way though
Yogi

[cannonball]

run the positive to the battery and neg to the body or frame you will have less engine noise

[Big Lou]

I ran my positive to the fuse box and the ground to the chassis . No problems that I can tell.

[Guest]

:06-28iag: With all above!Welcome to the forum 97DodgeDK!Hope you enjoy it here. :Peace!: 73's :8_thumbs_up:

[SmallTruckBigRadio]

I have had good luck with cigarette lighter power and a 15+ watt Cobra 25 but a voltage check at the radio connector does show a bit of a Voltage loss. That will reduce outgoing power just a little. Going to the battery means your radio is not starving for electron flow (juice). ~$40 or so can get some big cables (#6 welding leads) with quick disconnects, and 100 amp fuse protection at the battery that will feed the Cobra like a waterfall, and you will be ready for the amp that you are about to get the fever for. Also, an Astatic D-104 M6 mic adds life to the Cobra 25.

[jcollins]

i hook mine up to a 9 volt battery
lol

[Phaze91460]

i hook mine up to a 9 volt battery
lol

I just hope you connected the positive to the negative and the negative to the positive to make sure your polarity is right !

[jcollins]

of course
reverse polarity is cool
:Peace!:

[SmallTruckBigRadio]

Are you referring to the polarity the battery post with the abundance of negativly charge electrons, or the one with the negative symbol on it?

[Phaze91460]

yep, the negitivly charged positrons passing through the matrix of the web of quantium energy to complete the circuit to the positivly charged negitrons on the other side

Is it getting deep in here or what !

[231]

Yep...I run mine directly to the battery as well. Different rigs have different known (and unknown) noise problems. As a rule of thumb though, the battery tends to be the cleanest source of power.

And yea...welcome to the forum! Lots of good experience and knowledge here!

[Guest]

HERE WE GO! :lmao:

[SmallTruckBigRadio]

I had no idea that the answer to a question about "2 bare wires" could go so long for people who are not actors in a Monty Python skit.

Meant as a joke.

[Guest]

:9too_funny:

[Phaze91460]

Sorry, was in a weird mood ! Hope someone intelligent answered your question.

[Guest]

Well i'm no ALBERT EIENSTIEN as you can tell with my spelling!But you run the black wire to ground and the red wire to positive.Preferably to the battery post!You need a fuse between the positive from the battery to the radio though! :Peace!:

[BobOstro61]

How big of a fuse if you're using an amp (like a Dave Made M-80)?

[jcollins]

sorry man
was just being a smary a@@
just hook the red wire to the postive on your battery
and hook your black wire to a bolt inside your car.
jon.
or to the negitive on the battery