DIY Video Walkthrough - Super Clean GMRS Radio Install Cont'd

[robo]

By the way, not sure if you know this, but if you find the speaker to be too muffled in the center console you can actually change a setting to have the audio come out of the hand mic.

After offroading with this setup a bit I found it necessary to start utilizing the hand mic speaker. It just wasn't loud enough inside that console.

I like having both speakers on. The larger (but slightly muffled) head unit speaker still adds some depth to the hand mics tinniness

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[Bo-Ronco]

I like having both speakers on. The larger (but slightly muffled) head unit speaker still adds some depth to the hand mics tinniness

Same here

 

[evgenyvasenev]

I am really not sure if it will power down without the hand mic plugged in.

But here is one thing to consider. If you wire directly to the battery, you are going to HAVE to power down or unplug the mic every time you use it. If you forget, it is going to drain your battery.

The AUX switches are powered with the ignition switch. For that reason alone, I chose the AUX switch. Didn't want to rely on my memory lol

I checked with Midland and they said the power will go down automatically if you unplug the mic regardless if it on or off. Your point is still valid about keeping it on incidentally if it's connected to a battery directly.

Speaking of the AUX. As they have different amps, can I use any of those or should I use specific? Do you know?

 

[robo]

I checked with Midland and they said the power will go down automatically if you unplug the mic regardless if it on or off. Your point is still valid about keeping it on incidentally if it's connected to a battery directly.

Speaking of the AUX. As they have different amps, can I use any of those or should I use specific? Do you know?

Since I’m using the 575 which I think draws very close to 10 A, I went with aux switch #2 which is 15A. If you’re using the 275 that’s lower amperage and you could probably go with any of the last four switches.

 

[evgenyvasenev]

Since I’m using the 575 which I think draws very close to 10 A, I went with ox switch number two which is 15 A. If you’re using the 275 that’s lower amperage and you could probably go with any of the last four switches.

Thanks. I have 575

 

[evgenyvasenev]

Since I’m using the 575 which I think draws very close to 10 A, I went with ox switch number two which is 15 A. If you’re using the 275 that’s lower amperage and you could probably go with any of the last four switches.

Midland: Per our engineering team: Standby mode, when the MXT575 is on and not receiving, is 300 mA max. The base will power down, to 8 mA max state, if the microphone is unplugged

 

[evgenyvasenev]

Since I’m using the 575 which I think draws very close to 10 A, I went with aux switch #2 which is 15A. If you’re using the 275 that’s lower amperage and you could probably go with any of the last four switches.

I checked with Midland they said it draws 15A, so I can connect it to 1 or 2, correct? I could use higher but not lower?

 

[robo]

I checked with Midland they said it draws 15A, so I can connect it to 1 or 2, correct? I could use higher but not lower?

#2 is 15A and #1 is 30A if I remember correctly

 

[evgenyvasenev]

#2 is 15A and #1 is 30A if I remember correctly

Yes, so I wonder if I can use 30 and not 15? #1 instead of #2

 

[Karl_in_Chicago]

Yes, so I wonder if I can use 30 and not 15? #1 instead of #2

Why would you want to use your 30A on a 15A?

 

[evgenyvasenev]

Why would you want to use your 30A on a 15A?

I have nothing to use it for. And I want to keep devices in a specific order. I can save it for anything else in the future, but I have no idea what it could be.

 

[Karl_in_Chicago]

I have nothing to use it for. And I want to keep devices in a specific order. I can save it for anything else in the future, but I have no idea what it could be.

OK, that's one of the more interesting reasons I've heard, but it's your truck so cool! Yes, then, in answer to your original question you can certainly wire up a device with a 15A requirement to a 30A circuit. It's really overkill but at this stage with you not having identified a 30A need you aren't losing anything and down the road you can always move it should the need arise.

 

[da_jokker]

So what's different between the actual switches? I mean did Ford actually use different wire gauges for each one? That seems like that would be a lot of trouble to go through.

Or did they just simply put some fuses in with different ratings that you could actually swap around or adjust as needed?

Just seems odd that besides the different ratings of the fuses, Ford would have gone through the trouble of installing different rated switches and different guage wires.

 

[evgenyvasenev]

So what's different between the actual switches? I mean did Ford actually use different wire gauges for each one? That seems like that would be a lot of trouble to go through.

Or did they just simply put some fuses in with different ratings that you could actually swap around or adjust as needed?

Just seems odd that besides the different ratings of the fuses, Ford would have gone through the trouble of installing different rated switches and different guage wires.

Looks like they use the same wire for 15 and 30.

 

[da_jokker]

Looks like they use the same wire for 15 and 30.

Wow.. I'm so surprised that info was available (and that ford actually went through the trouble of installing different gauges)...saving that pic thanks!

But back to the item at hand, it would seem then that Aux 2 may be able to support higher amps (But I guess that may depend on how long the wire is).

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