Hooking up CB radio, need help

[Ideeho]

I need your guy's help. I want to install my Uniden Grant LT cb radio and am not sure where I can poke through the firewall or how to get access to the right wiring to tap into any nearby power source. I am no wiring guru so I was thinking of pushing the wires and running them directly to the battery, although this is not really what I wanted to do, as I would rather it turned off when the truck is turned off, so I don't forget it on. Any help with locating nearby wires would be appreciated, I need to "tap into" them for power and I can ground the other.

 

Thanks fellas.

[ridnlow]

Just tap into the power wire from your radio.. so when your radio is on it is on..

[burgundyz71]

I just put my Uniden in and you can run the power lead over to the fuse block and hook in there.

[Ideeho]

Thanks, I hope they are easy to find, like I said, I am not too up on wiring...but will give it a shot and take a look. Any ideas on a good PA speaker to mount under the hood?

[MCourson]

Any ideas on a good PA speaker to mount under the hood?

I got mine at radioshack. Never had any problems and it was pretty cheap too.

[Ideeho]

I just ran down to radio shack to get the 12 converter, works better than my trying to hassle with tapping into some unknown wire. Just sweet, has an on/off switch right on the cig adapter, and I have three of them, so why not make it easy.

 

The PA speakers I saw down at radio shack had the two wire connectors, not the single jack plug I need for the back of my Uniden, is that just a simple fix too? Or should I get a speaker from Uniden all ready for my unit?

[MCourson]

I just ran down to radio shack to get the 12 converter, works better than my trying to hassle with tapping into some unknown wire.  Just sweet, has an on/off switch right on the cig adapter, and I have three of them, so why not make it easy. 

 

The PA speakers I saw down at radio shack had the two wire connectors, not the single jack plug I need for the back of my Uniden, is that just a simple fix too?  Or should I get a speaker from Uniden all ready for my unit?

I also have a Uniden (PC68XL) I havent been able to find them lately but when I got my PA radioshack had a mono plug and wire. All I had to to was wire the speaker and plug it in. Im sure you can still get some small guage wire and a mono plug and wire it up for the 2 wire conection.