Quote Originally Posted by RoadTripper301
You probably have two wires comming out from your CB (red +) (black -),Red being power and Black the ground. The easiest way could be to take a ride to radio shack and getting a fused cig. lighter adapter.

Your CB may have a inline fuse already in the (red +) wire, cut the fuse out crimp the wires and use the fuse in the tip of your pre-wired fused cig. lighter adapter. This is a real easy way to get your CB powered and can be very easily removed possibly to use it another car if you wanted.
Some additional info and alternative opinions from a nearly lifelong radio guy-
(the moderator invited me)

1) Radio Shack sells a cigarette lighter plug that has spring-loaded connections. Press the + button on it and stuff the red wire into the hole.
Press the - button and install the black wire. Now you have connection.
Simple and effective. Not permanent nor pretty though.
I suggest that you do NOT cut out the inline fuse from the radio's original wires. A second fuse in the line does no harm at all. The sole issue might be that there is more wire length than you really need that needs to be neatly tie-wrapped out of the way. These spring connectors are how I power my (removable) CB and several police scanners in my vehicles.

2) There is a different approach to taking power from "the ignition." In the autparts store in the fuses & accessories section there is a Buss Fuses (brand name) product HHA Accessory called Add-A-Line. This is kind of a piggyback fuse block that plugs into a normal fuse socket just like a fuse but it also brings out a hot wire that can be used to connect power to an accessory (like a CB). This creates a clever and tidy solution to finding power. Some thinking and testing will be required of you though. I suggest that you solder the wire connection and use heat-shrink tubing to insulate it. Small diameter crimped connections seem to slip too easily for my taste.


3) I jam the CB and/or the scanner between the passenger seat cushion and the center console. I use a magnetic antenna. I hang an external speaker from the passenger's headrest on a nylon webbings strap so it's up and in the clear for good audio. When I want the radio out of the car it comes out in about 30 seconds. And I can hide the magnetic antenna easily so it's not obvious in a parking lot.

4) In the couple of months since I appeared on this board with my screen name I have yet to hear anything civilized on CB Channel 9. Channel 19 is still mostly pottymouths. I get better road info from the police scanner.
I drive at least 10 hrs/wk commuting 100 mi/day so I have lots of listening time. (Still running the experiment.) If you expect CB to provide help and support I assert that it's not very useful. If you have friends to talk to - have at it. Please don't be a pottymouth. I already know ALL those words and some you might not know yet. (Navy trained)

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