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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Look in your local phone book or on-line resource for shops that build police cars. They might be listed under commercial two-way radio as well, since many of them will do those installations too. Any place like that will have the cable by the foot and be willing to sell them to you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> aprssig-bounces@tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>david vanhorn<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 29, 2011 8:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] 12V wiring ideas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just for laughs, I stopped by a car install place here, and asked them for a quote on running the battery power with hot and gnd from the battery, on #8 into the passenger compartment. He tries to argue that he can pick up hot and ground under the dash, but I insist that I want it done this way.. They quote $100 for labor and 3 hours to do the job, then the guy tells me that he'll just double up #16 wire. (!!!) If I want real #8, I had to buy two amp kits for another $130.<br>They said it's too expensive to stock wire by the foot. (for WHO?) <br><br>I shudder to think what the job would have looked like.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>