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For extremely important safety and fire prevention reasons reasons, no accessory should ever be connected directly to the negative terminal of an automotive battery . Just like when charging an automotive battery, the negative lead of a cable running directly to the battery should always connect to the engine block and never directly to the battery. The positive lead must be fused where it connects to the battery. There's an excellent discussion here: https://www.w8ji.com/negative_lead_to_battery.htm 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: wd8...@twc.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, "erw edl" <erw....@gmail.com>, "Craig LaBarge" <craig.laba...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 1:14:59 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 2017 Chevy Silverado 1500 power outlets Gene and others, If you look in the owner's manual you will notice that Chevy has already provided this. You need to look in the up-fitters section, which can be downloaded from the Chevy website. You will find the wiring diagram of the truck there. The accessory outlets are wired with 18 or 16AWG wire and NOT recommended for anything that draws large current above about 10 amps intermittent. There are two ways to get the power you need into the cab. One is provided as a feed-thru from the under-hood fuse panel in the accessory wiring block in the cab above the parking brake pedal. It is a black covered block. All you need is to buy the connector and pins from the dealer or an up-fitter and put in the proper fuse. If you prefer as I did to run your own, you have plenty of room in the wiring grommet just above the box to add at least 2 10AWG wires which you can run to the battery. Add an inline fuse and attach to the battery accessory connector already on the battery using the appropriate hardware. Bring the wire through the grommet and under the carpet to the seat, where the carpet is split to be able to get it to the center console (if desired) or down the channel to the rear of the truck as desired. I mounted my radio (id880) in the tissue compartment (its is 8x10" opening or a little larger) in the back of the console; head in front of the cup holders and anten na on the roof where it belongs. Enjoy your install. Phil, WD8QWR ---- Craig LaBarge <craig.laba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gene: > > I have a 2017 Silverado 1500 double-cab. The 12V outlet on the dashboard > is on all the time. There's one inside the center console and one on the > rear of the console (for rear passengers) that are switched. > > I don't know what the current ratings are but I use the one in the rear to > power my Yaesu FT-8800 dual-band rig at full power (50W on 2M) with no > issues. I occasionally use the one on the dash to power an APRS tracker (8 > watts). > > I haven't used an HF rig with the power outlets but on VHF/UHF I have no > detectable noise. Again, I don't know if that would be the case at HF. > > Hope this helps. > > 73, Craig WB3GCK > http://wb3gck.craiglabarge.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wd8...@twc.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to donov...@starpower.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
