VE6AB Mobile Ops

Power Werks - Protected and Smart

This photo shot in the engine bay of my mobile shows you the waffer fuse holders installed in the 4 gauge power cables that provide the battery power required by the radio stack in my Avalanche.

The waffer fuse holder in the upper position is protecting the negative ground cable.
The proper way of connecting your ground cable that feeds your radio stack is to connect it to the battery's ground point, and in my mobile the battery ground point is a grounding stud at the front of the engine.
Remember to add a fuse holder the ground cable that feeds your radio stack as that way the transceiver will be protected if for some reason the stock battery ground cable is compromised.

The lower waffer fuse holder assembly protecting the positive cable also includes a digital volt meter that turns itself on when the meter detects any voltage variations flowing on the cable. When the draw is removed from the battery, the volt meter shuts itself off after 120 seconds. The fuseholders with the included volt meter are located near the A battery under the hood.

I am using the best power cables available, those being Audison Power Flow high current multiple twist strand cables with silicon housings, protected with armoured split loom and routed through a grometed hole in the firewall , and terminated at the auxilary fusebox with fuses selected with the proper rating for the requirement of the individual radios used in the radio stack..

One of the nice things with having a volt meter located at the battery, you know at a glance what voltage the battery is sitting at as shown in the photo, and in this case with the engine shut down.

The voltage meter also indicates the charge rate when the engine is running.

Also just so you know, I am running with the best AGM crank batteries available in my mobile as described here.....

http://www.jerryclement.ca/HamRadio/HamRadio/i-B84n9MX

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