Battery help
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Battery help
Hi Guys,
what is the best way to run 2 radios and 1 siren using 1 battery thats already in your car? On the radios I dont transmit on them..is there a way to run a cable from your battery to like a junction box type thing and then run all the other wires to the junction box?
Thanks
Ryan
what is the best way to run 2 radios and 1 siren using 1 battery thats already in your car? On the radios I dont transmit on them..is there a way to run a cable from your battery to like a junction box type thing and then run all the other wires to the junction box?
Thanks
Ryan
I'm a big fan of marine style blade fuse blocks like so:
http://www.bluesea.com/product.asp?Product_Id=30990
http://www.bluesea.com/product.asp?Product_Id=30990
All the products the carry under "fuses/fuseblocks" looks like it could come in really handy for any vehicle install... NICEakardam wrote:I'm a big fan of marine style blade fuse blocks like so:
http://www.bluesea.com/product.asp?Product_Id=30990
That's why I'm a big fan of marine grade stuff. While not all of it is designed explicitly to be waterproof, it's all made with a damp, mobile environment in mind.
The reason I don't like power poles so much is that there's really no way to keep from pulling them out. Back when I had a rigrunner I was constantly surprised with how little effort it took to jar or pull loose the leads. And for some reason, they made both the positive and negative shells the same. While there are integrated units, most of them are loose, so you could plug them in bass ackwards. I'd hate to have to be trying to connect one of those late at night with little or no light, plug them in, and then hear spark fizzle pop crack and have let all the magic smoke out of my shiny radio.
The reason I don't like power poles so much is that there's really no way to keep from pulling them out. Back when I had a rigrunner I was constantly surprised with how little effort it took to jar or pull loose the leads. And for some reason, they made both the positive and negative shells the same. While there are integrated units, most of them are loose, so you could plug them in bass ackwards. I'd hate to have to be trying to connect one of those late at night with little or no light, plug them in, and then hear spark fizzle pop crack and have let all the magic smoke out of my shiny radio.
That's more for a temporary (Amateure radio field day, or emergency exercise) type application.
I prefer these for a fixed mobile install.
http://www.tessco.com/products/displayP ... =11&page=3
A but pricey, but then cheap ain't good and good ain't cheap.
Jeff
Emoticons are the wheel chair ramps for the emotionally handicapped.
If assembled properly you can't plug them in backwards. The contacts only go in one direction and the red and black Powerpoles slide together to form one unit.akardam wrote:While there are integrated units, most of them are loose, so you could plug them in bass ackwards.
Now... if you've wired it up backwards to begin with then you get what you deserve.
I have a RigRunner in the shack and it works well for what it is. A friend has one in his truck and he's had no problems with wires pulling out.
ARES likes Powerpoles because they're standardized and easy to assemble, again with the caveat that the +'ve lead goes to the red plug and -'ve to the black.