UHF install in Holden RG (2013) Colorado

Wiper motor is a better option than ripping the dash apart, Brad.

Bob.

Hi Brad,

What I have used in my vehicle is a piggy-back fuse adapter.
This enables you to add an additional circuit from an existing one with a blade fuse protecting each circuit. You pick a circuit to "tap" into, remove existing fuse, insert the adapter then install both the original fuse, plus the new one for the additional circuit.
The pig tail allows you to connect the new circuit up to.
You can tap into the fuse block inside the vehicle cab, or the one in the engine bay.
They are available from places like your Holden Dealer (expensive) or can be purchased on ebay, etc.

Piggy-back Fuse adapter

Hi Brad,
I have no experience with your particular vehicle.

What I did was wire the UHF, via a fuse of course, direct from the battery.

This gave me UHF without the need to have the ignition on. I find this handy when listening to traffic on the airwaves. On the couple of occasions when I have left it on accidentally it has made no difference to the battery SOC. These new radios require very little power on standby and not a lot more when transmitting.


Alternatively, wire it, via an inline fuse, from the cig socket and in this way it will be on when the acc circuit is on without the need to have the Ign on.

In my Cruiser and many other vehicles, the wipers only come on when the ign is turned on. This means, if wiring through the wipers that the Ign has to be on also.

This is OK if that is what you want but it does inhibit radio use to some extent.

Cheers, Bruce.

Hi Brad,
I wired mine straight to the battery, with an inline fuse, have not had any issues with it.

Hi Brad,
I fitted mine as you are thinking about.

The silver/grey strip that goes around the gear shift section on your front centre console pops off. If you lift from the rear section (closer to your handbrake) using your fingers or something plastic that wont mark your console, it will pop up then you can slide it back towards you, the two 12v sockets come with it.
Wire it on to the back of one of them and put an in line fuse between. Been working fine in mine for six months.
Then you only have to run your antenna lead through your firewall to your ariel.