Install for my CB

[Giffer]

well i just picked up my cb and while i was trying to install it, i had the sudden realization that i have no idea what i was doing. i found this out after i had blown up my cd player, well the fuse anyway. so where can i go to get this installed?? i can mount it and everything i just dont want to mess with any electrical unless i really have to?

[fug]

Unless your CB is way more complicated than mine... It's 2 wires.

One hot.. One ground.   I actually ran my hot wire through the firewall directly to my battery (I used an inline fuse of course).   So its pretty straight forward.

If I can do it anyone can   If you need any specific help/tips/pointers... just let me know.  I can even round up SWR to help tune the antenna if necessary.

[Giffer]

yep 2 wires. but like i said..... i suck. haha. good old self confidence. well i know i could do it but after blowing the fuse for my cd player i realized that maybe getting someone who knows what they are doing is a better bet the doing it my self.

[BlackYJ]

Mine has 3, but the 3rd is for illumination.

Run the red through the firewall to the battery and make sure there is a fuse, and the black to ground.

How did you hook up the wires before, or is the CD fuse thingy a different story.  There should be instructions with the CB if you bought it new

[Giffer]

well i had some wires just hanging there with some tape on the ends, i bought my jeep used so the previous owner had taken out the lighter, and some other little things. so i was checking to see what was power and what was ground, but like i said there was a few loss wires, and the first one i checked blew up the fuse in/for my cd player. anyways should i try and run it through my fuse box? or should i just go straight to the battery? there are directions for instal, but they say to hook it up to any 12v connection

[dunl]

Straight to battery with an inline fuse.

[FiEND]

run both through the firewall, red straight to the battery and a good ground point for the black (look for other engine ground locations and use one of them).

dunno what jeep you have, mine is a '97 TJ and all the wires for the stereo are labeled.  if you look close at the writing on the wires, yours might be too.  the lighter wires might be as well.