Not sure which CB you are using but hooking up any transmitter radio to the power outlets in a vehicle is dangerous as this can cause electrical fires.
I am a Amateur Radio (HAM) operator and my degree is in Electronic Engineering. Whenever I hook any type of transmitter radio up in any vehicle I use 10ga wire with 15 amp fuses wired directly to the batt or a batt terminal under the hood. The fuses are at the batt connection also along with the fuses that are inline at the radio.
This ensures that there are two fuses on the hot wire and one of the ground. I have seen to many pictures of nice vehicles burned due to hooking up radios to the electric outlets in a car. The wires to these outlets are not heavy enough gauge to handle the AMPS that the transmitter requires. I also go to my local electronic supply store and get two of the ferrous core cable surrounds about 1 inch long and slip over the wire. One just after the batt and one at the radio to reduce the noise over the power cables from the alternator.
If you will hook up both HOT wires to the batt direct along with the ground you should have no more issues.
If you go this route look at the inline fuse on the power cable that came with the CB and use a 5 AMP less at the batt connections. This will allow the fuse at the batt to blow before the one at the radio. Fuses are cheap. Radios and cars are not.
I run HAM radios in my pickup that put out up to 50 watts and have never had any electrical issues with this setup.
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