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Old 08-27-2008, 04:25 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Axaday View Post
No, but I expect to start on it within the hour.

I looked at Radio Shack for a disconnect that would look nice and I found nothing. Then my dad suggested using telephone jacks. A phone jack has 4 24 guage wires and seems perfect, but the rainbow wire I HAVE doesn't look like it will fit. Does anyone know why I shouldn't just strip a telephone line to serve as the 4 wires initially coming to the unit?
Sounds very reasonable. I'm using a 4-wire phone cord (RJ-11) to power my radar detector, fused at 1A, no problems (that's what their factory "hard-wire kit" is so I know its good). Are you going to mount a female RJ-11 jack on the board? That would be ideal, this way you can take a phone cable, snip off one end, wire up power, ground, injector, and VSS, and just plug it in when ready.
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