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Old 12-25-2005, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Austin85
That's the relay I have. Cool.
Now my antenna powers on with key I guess bacause so does my radio come on when the key goes on.
The power wire should be direct to my red terminal on the battery...
correct?
What thickness wire should I be using?
Thanks,
AA
when i turn my radio off..the ant goes down (off)..and if someone turns the switch off it turns off...

power wire doesnt necessarily have 2 be directly to battery...any constant 12v power source will be succifient. for my relays i came off the dist. block with an inline 15-amp fuse then connected to the 12v constant power line

when i ran my lines for my relays i used 14ga. wire. I bought a 500' spool of it for $20 at HomeDepot when i was installing speakers...it was the cheapest way to go...i havent had any trouble with it.
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