Techholder88
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- Apr 18, 2008
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Looking for this cable for an M7300 VHF 110 watt radio, but not looking to spend $125-$200 for it. I have 1 but i need a second one for a second radio. If someone can PM me that has one for sale that would be awesome.
However my electrical senses are tingling! I opened the radio up and discovered some things. If I cant find an OEM cable I may have other options.
I opened up the inside of the radio where the power connects to the circuit board and it looks like the engineers used what appears to be 16 or maybe even 18 gauge wires connected together to route out to the power connector which uses 6 gauge wire (fused at 30Amps).
Im not sure how the power cable goes from 5 wires on the power connector goes down to 3 wires where the 6 gauge wire meets the plastic. It doesn't look like the area where the 6 gauge wires connect to the rest of the wires will open as it looks like its sealed permanently.
I have a parts radio (M5300 900mhz) (which I'm not going to ever use) that I could pull parts off of. If it was possible without being a hazard, I would like to pull the power connector off (CA-013869) of and swap the 5 pin (from the 110 watt VHF) and use the standard cable CA-012365-001 which uses 10 gauge wire but not go out 20 feet that the cable has, instead only run a maximum of 4 feet. Here is a picture of how the M5300 is connected to the circuit board (soldered on).
If I did this, would it create a fire hazard even with the short run of the cable? It would just be to connect to the bus bar that I have in the backseat which has 0/1 gauge wires running to the battery. I'm getting mixed opinions and information with wire charts.
The User manual says the radio will pull 23 amps typically with a max of 25 amps.
My other option would be to cut the wires and bypass the connector all together and use whatever higher gauge wire that i have on hand. This would be for a personal use radio if that is a question.