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Binding posts and bannana connectors.

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Installing at least two cb radios in my semi. I like to play around with them and test them. Have an SBE brute and a cobra 29 LTD classic in there right now. One radio is hooked up to binding posts, I could plug the other into the cigarette lighter but wondering if I can just use some more binding posts to connect onto the ones I already have or if bannana connectors will work? Also I saw mfj sells what looks like a strip of binding posts. Would a terminal block work too?? Thanks for any feedback.
 

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You should use connectors that are polarized so that some helpful person does not plug your radio into the power backwards. Banana plugs are not the best way to power stuff.

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You should use connectors that are polarized so that some helpful person does not plug your radio into the power backwards. Banana plugs are not the best way to power stuff.

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Everyone seems to like the Powerpole connectors these days, especially amateur radio operators.

Anderson Powerpole Connectors
 
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