How can I hook up my CB radio to fuse box or battery?

I bought a CB radio today and I want to know how to exactly hook it up. I have a 2003 GMC sierra 1500 ext. cab. Where do I hook it up to go to the fuse thing? or how can I run the wire through the firewall to the battery and then how do I hook it up? lastly, where is a good place to mount the antenna and run the cord back inside the cab?How can I hook up my CB radio to fuse box or battery?
Instead of the fuse box you can get the cigarette lighter plug from Radio Shack.



If you prefer to run it to the battery you can either drill your own hole or you can use an existing factory penetration.



As for the antenna and coax, I'd get the Wilson 1000 or K40 Magnet mount and either drill a hole to run the coax or through the sliding rear window as stated above. If you drill a hole make sure its big enough to use a grommet to protect the cable and prevent water from getting in your cab. Cut the fitting off the coax(so you don't have to drill such a large hole) and run it through hole and grommet then after you have everything in place you solder a new fitting on the end.



Research at some of the following websites:



http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.鈥?/a>



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http://www.copper.com/cgi-bin/discus4/di鈥?/a>



http://www.signalengineering.com/ultimat鈥?/a>



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go to radio shack and buy the end that plugs into the cigarette lighter so that way you can remove it when you want instead of hard wiring it in How can I hook up my CB radio to fuse box or battery?
ouch.... thats a lot of questions... but the basic most......



my recommendations are to hardwire it to the battery, with an inline fuse.



if you want to go through the firewall... easiest way is to drill your own hole and get a rubber gromet. but i can understand not wanting to drill into that beauty. so what you can do is run the wires down under the dash and all that. out the passenger door near the floor, up through the fender and out right next to the battery. like i said make sure you fuse it with an inline fuse a 3 or 4 amp inline fuse will do the trick. The black ground wire can go pretty much anywhere that is grounded.... you can figure that one out i am sure.



when it come to antenna their is a lot of things happening here.. but you pretty much want it as high as possible and not next to parts of the truck that will refelect the signal back towards the antenna. so mounting in on the roof would be your best bet, right in the center or back of the cab. also it wont get in the way of you using the bed.



how to run the wire.... you have to run it so it wont get pinched.... you dont want that wire pinched... or stripped or anything. so with out looking at the truck i cant really tell you that, i know some people who send it in the back window. and leave it cracked, or get a rubber weather stripping that will attatch to the window. if you have rain guards and back windows you can run it through the back windows, if you want you can run it down through the center of the cab and bed, and bring it in the bottom of the door and make sure its not pinched.





also when you install an antenna it needs to be tuned (weather or not it says factory tuned) if your CB has an SWR meter thats great. if not you may need to borrow, or rent one from your fav. radio shack. ... or least fav. directions come with them, but google also has many answers on how to tune an antenna.



try www.cbradiotalk.com for answers and more in depth details. bunch of great guys willing to help and who love the hobby.(also members get discounts at certain stores)





i hope my opinions helped. good luck and see ya out on the road!