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Sep 14, 2015 | 04:36 AM

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mct75

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Originally Posted by AKHeathen

because then we have to be the ones troubleshooting high-resistance wiring (one of the most difficult to find over the internet).... btw, all amps should have a battery power wire rated by size and length to, or more than max current load and fused for fire safety.... btw, this is 2015, so "most cars" have the cigarette lighter tied into the obd2 power only nowadays..... it hasn't been clock power related for over 20 years.

Not disagreeing with you, but if people can plug up power inverters to the outlet and pull 5-10 amps constantly, a radar detector and CB radio aren't going to suddenly burn out your computer. Yes, a dedicated line from the battery is the most proper way of doing things, but tapping into the cig lighter is pretty low as far as electrical sins go.

Sep 14, 2015 | 10:43 AM

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ctheiss

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Okay so I ordered a wiring harness from crutch field and wired everything up and it works like a dream. Clean and great sounding. Thanks for all the replys and advice guys.

Sep 14, 2015 | 11:21 AM

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wyoming9

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Funny most all the Vehicles I work on are 20 plus years old .

Must be nice to own new vehicles .

Sep 14, 2015 | 11:25 AM

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Okay so I ordered a wiring harness from crutch field and wired everything up and it works like a dream. Clean and great sounding. Thanks for all the replys and advice guys.

There u go! Clean wiring is key.