jcritser

Yeah, I really don't think it is the gauge of the wires I used but I have a marine grade adaptor and some thicker gauge wire so I figure I will try it. I'll let you know. I've never had a radio this powerful so I wasn't sure. Midland sells the 15 watt unit with the cig adaptor hard wired on (which I have and works fine). The 40 watt unit comes with bare wires (and fuses) so I guess that's the clue...there is nothing in their manual that give much guidance though. Thanks for the help.

I saw a thread about getting the DC LO error when trying to use an underpowered AC/DC convertor w/o enough amp/wattage. I just figured out the same thing although now I understand the specs I need to have. What started my troubleshooting was not that I wanted a base station power supply but I was getting the DC LO when using a cigarette lighter adaptor in my jeep. It works fine for my 15 watt MicoMobile (came with it actually) but I cut it off and spliced it to the 40 MicroMobile and I cannot transmit on high or Mid power. I noticed that the wire gauge on the cig adaptor is thinner than the power cable on the 40w radio. ( then wired it to an AC/DC power supply I had but got the same results posted in the other thread due to it being wimpy. Does anyone know if I get a beefier cig lighter adaptor with heavier gauge connections will that work or will I never get enough juice from the 12 volt outlet in the jeep and just need to hardwire it? Thanks in advance.