It's me again.. lol CB wiring

Hey.. I want to wire my CB and old school days, I simply wired into fuse boxes like this. But is this still the way to go?

Any suggestions on doing this? I searched the forum and didn't see anything related to this. Thanks.

 

I'm at work and certain pictures don't load (I can't see what you posted) but the best way to wire a CB is directly to the battery. That way you can talk with the truck off and it's also the cleanest power source for transmitting.

 

You can still do it that way with an add a fuse.

 

With CB radios being AM, they are prone to pick up all kinds of noise. Alternator whine and sometimes even your wiper motors will kick up enough interference to make communication nearly impossible.

Take a trip to an electronics store. You'll want to pick up the largest value electrolytic capacitor you can find, rated 25 volts.

Attach the positive lead as close to the radio as possible. Ground the negative lead.

A capacitor only passes AC (noise). In this use, the noise will be fed to ground. Your CB will be fed clean DC.

This setup also works for car stereos and amps that have a noise problem.

 

Its not that hard to grab power right off the battery and you can sneak through the existing cable boot that the factory harness uses to pass through the firewall.