Everything Ham Radio Podcast

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Everything Ham Radio Podcast! In this episode we are going to be talking about Power Tech Corner - Power Cords Where to Connect Power on a Mobile Setup You should always connect the positive side to either the hot terminal of the battery or the input leg of the fuse bose as close to the battery as possible. The negative side should be connected to the chassis where your your battery is connected. The reasoning behind this is because vehicle come standard now with a battery monitoring system that monitors the battery voltage as well as power consumption needs of the vehicle(i.e. When the A/C is turned on, more power is needed). The monitor is typically connected between the batteries negative terminal and the chassis ground. You need to bypass this monitor when connecting radio equipment so alway connect your negative side to the same location as the negative battery lead is connected to. Because you are more than likely going to be killing the power to the entire vehicl