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Old 02-08-2011, 10:18 PM
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So when i bought my jeep it had two extra cig lighter things and there were 3 wires going to them. I got rid of the cig lighters. they were functioning. So could i just take the wires from those to wire in seats and a cb? or do i need a fuse between them?
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So when i bought my jeep it had two extra cig lighter things and there were 3 wires going to them. I got rid of the cig lighters. they were functioning. So could i just take the wires from those to wire in seats and a cb? or do i need a fuse between them?
NEVER under any circumstances wire anything into your jeep without having a fuse to protect the electronics from overload/shorting. Fuses are cheap, fires are not
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so how do i go about this?
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so how do i go about this?
buy an inline fuse and wire it between the existing wires and the CB. on the positive wire(hot) wire
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WOOOWWWW so i have 1 green wire grounded out under my dash board and 2 red ones going under my dashboard from my solenoid. I am planning on using these wires to go to a cb radio and power seats. Y r they coming from the solenoid? weird ey? well anyway i am going to wire in a cb radio. I am going to put an inline fuse in between the wires and my cb sooo what size fuse would i need for a cb? a ten?
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5 amp is good enough for a CB radio.
Make sure to put the fuse as close to the battery source as possible. Not at the CB
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why so close the battery?
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