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I had my car 2 weeks and decided it was a keeper... so I drilled 16 holes into it while setting it up to do my passion... STORM CHASING!!!
I started out by running a 4 gauge wire from the battery to the center console in the car. I ran it through the wheel well,
as I couldnt find a place to run it through the fire wall in the car.
The wire comes in to the car under the dash on the left hand drivers side... goes up over the steering wheel shaft,
down into the center console, and runs along to the back, where I drilled a hole into the center console,
and ran the wire in...
I then drilled a fuse block to the underside of the cars armrest, and ran the battery wire to it.
I then drilled a hole near the first hole, and ran a wire from a ground block that I had installed in the
center console, to a screw that I had fastened to the cars metal floor for a ground.
I then mounted a two outlet power inverter to the passenger side center console.
and a ham and police scanner under the drivers side dash...
The scanner's wires went to the cars fuse block which was right by the scanner, and the ham and inverter wires were ran
back to the new fuse block and ground...
With the drivers seat in its operating position, it hides the wires and holes in the console, leaving a very clean looking install.
Next I installed a laptop computer mount.
The computer can easily swivel over to a passenger if one is along.
And everything but the inverter can be taken out in 10 minutes, so I do not have to worry about theft when parked at night. Now I just need a storm.
Doug Raflik
I started out by running a 4 gauge wire from the battery to the center console in the car. I ran it through the wheel well,
as I couldnt find a place to run it through the fire wall in the car.
The wire comes in to the car under the dash on the left hand drivers side... goes up over the steering wheel shaft,
down into the center console, and runs along to the back, where I drilled a hole into the center console,
and ran the wire in...
I then drilled a fuse block to the underside of the cars armrest, and ran the battery wire to it.
I then drilled a hole near the first hole, and ran a wire from a ground block that I had installed in the
center console, to a screw that I had fastened to the cars metal floor for a ground.
I then mounted a two outlet power inverter to the passenger side center console.
and a ham and police scanner under the drivers side dash...
The scanner's wires went to the cars fuse block which was right by the scanner, and the ham and inverter wires were ran
back to the new fuse block and ground...
With the drivers seat in its operating position, it hides the wires and holes in the console, leaving a very clean looking install.
Next I installed a laptop computer mount.
The computer can easily swivel over to a passenger if one is along.
And everything but the inverter can be taken out in 10 minutes, so I do not have to worry about theft when parked at night. Now I just need a storm.
Doug Raflik