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Using car accessory ports to power radios?
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September 30th 03, 04:31 PM
Gary S.
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On 30 Sep 2003 13:15:38 GMT,
pamme (VHFRadioBuff)
wrote:
Hello all. My car has a seperate "accessory" port from the standard cigarette
lighter. My understanding is that this port is actually rated for more amps
than the cigarette lighter and might actually be ok to power my 50 watt 2m
mobile if I were to add a cigarette lighter plug to the end of it.
Can anyone comment on this? Any experience using these accessory ports to power
50 watt radios? The car in question is a 2000 Mercury Sable.
They should give an Amp rating for the power port. It may be intended
for things like cell phones or laptops, which do not draw as much
power.
A typical 50W mobile will pull up to 15 A off 12 VDC at max power TX.
Most do not have this extra port, and do direct wiring from the
battery through the firewall, fused on both sides.
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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