CB blowing fuses

I would test the wires to see what one is ground. White in house wiring is your common but wouldn't think that who ever wired the system would do that. But testing it out would tell you for sure what it hot and what is ground.

 

If it blowing could be wired with the green Pos.

 

The more gooder radios require a 10 amp and will shut off until cools down if wired backwards. I think a cobra is toast if wired wrong

 

It also helps to have your RF power turned all the way down. Turned all the way up it just improves your dead key and not your output.

 

You have cooked the protection diode in both radios. Have them repaired and use a volt/ohm meter on your wires to test for +/-

 

RF gain increases or decreases reception. It has nothing to do with your dead key or transmit at all.

And you're right, a 10 amp fuse should be used and be adequate. I run my radio and KL203 linear through a single 10 Amp.

 

Not to pick nits, but rodknocker said RF power, not RF gain. He's talking about radios that aren't CB certified with a variable power output control on them. However, I think the problem is probably that the OP guessed wrong and wired his radio up backwards. I vaguely recall someone asking a similar question with the same colors in another post, although I don't remember what the answer ended up being.

 

Yea, that's true. I may have misunderstood. However, if that's the case, adjusting to a higher power output increases your carrier power and therefore DOES increase your output.

 

Which does not alter the problem that not only did He reverse power the radio He also shorted the protect diode so it will keep blowing fuses until you both repair the radio and correct the wiring.

There is no such thing in CB as 'the more gooder radios' which will shut down until they cool off after being reverse powered.