Any advice Wiring radio's

[Ravenbyrne]

Hi.......... I have two motorola GP300 radios. Can't get my hands on a set of battery eliminators that would usually plug into the bikes power socket.

So I'm thinking of removing the rechargeable batteries and hard wiring the hand sets directly to the bikes using an in-line fuse.

I have checked the output voltage from the desk chargers and they read 14vdc, delivered directly to the battery. The battery pack itself reads 7.5vdc.

Any advice would be very welcome.

Cheers Brian

 

[TopDogDave]

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G'day,
If you don't mind removing the batteries - so the radio goes off when bike power is removed - then all you need is a 12v to 7.5v converter like this one.

http://www.powerstream.com/dc6.htm

Warning: you need to know what the peak current draw of your radio is and ensure the converter can cope - if you can will be good to measure current draw when on rtansmit - maybe the specs/handbook tells you.

I use a system like this to power a gps on my dirt bike and stash the converter under the seat permanantly hard wired to the bike with a lead/plug socket up on the handlebar for the gps.

Has worked fine for 2yrs so far.

Cheers
TDD

 

[Kritou]

Hi.......... I have two motorola GP300 radios. Can't get my hands on a set of battery eliminators that would usually plug into the bikes power socket............

Maybe it's worth a search to see if the battery pack/eliminator from another Motorola radio fits your GP300's?

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Maybe it's worth a search to see if the battery pack/eliminator from another Motorola radio fits your GP300's?

Just found a web site in the us that stock the eliminators..... Bingo

 

[Ravenbyrne]

G'day,
If you don't mind removing the batteries - so the radio goes off when bike power is removed - then all you need is a 12v to 7.5v converter like this one.

http://www.powerstream.com/dc6.htm

Warning: you need to know what the peak current draw of your radio is and ensure the converter can cope - if you can will be good to measure current draw when on rtansmit - maybe the specs/handbook tells you.

I use a system like this to power a gps on my dirt bike and stash the converter under the seat permanantly hard wired to the bike with a lead/plug socket up on the handlebar for the gps.

Has worked fine for 2yrs so far.



Cheers
TDD

Cheers TDD.......... managed to source the eliminators.... thanks for the link

Brian