Pickup Truck Magnet Mount Lesson #38

[Wire Weasel]

Friend came over today with pegged out SWR. The PL259 on the mini 8 on the Wilson 5000 was spinning around and that didn't seem right so I replaced that for him with all-new. SWR still pegged. He has the 5000 Magnet up on top-center cab with coax running down back of cab, up underneath and up through back seat floorboard through a weather port as is typical. So I get to looking around to determine what the problem is and checked underneath. Some slack had developed in the coax and it was laying right on top of the muffler and completely melted through....had to pry the coax off that sucker.

So be advised of this situation. When running coax underneath vehicle make sure it's attached in numerous placed with rip ties or other secure fasteners so it can't slack down onto hot surfaces. Don't use tape. Tape will go bad.

 

[Watergate]

Some slack had developed in the coax and it was laying right on top of the muffler and completely melted through...

Could this lead to a muffled sound from his radio?

 

[The DB]

So, what are pickup truck magnet mount tips number 1 through 37?

Also are there any tips beyond 38 or is that the currently the last tip?


The DB

 

[RatsoW8]

Could this lead to a muffled sound from his radio?

Could be. Before it melted through I was wondering if the hot watts were louder than cold watts.

 

[ExitThirteen]

That's putting some "fire in the wire". Heehee.




~Cheers~

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

For under vehicle cable runs I always ran it inside a piece of BX electrical cable armor. It is also called flexible EMT. I pull the electrical wire out and run the coax or trailer wires etc inside. It protects it from heat and stones. I had coax cable get cut completely off twice going to a bumper mount before I started doing this and never after.