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h.i.d radio interference

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h.i.d radio interference

Post by 60_series_united »

i bought a axis radio antenna the other day and mounted it on my bar, it works great but when i turn the hid's on the sound goes fuzzy its not to bad with just the head lights but with the spotties are on u cant understand anything, anyone had this problem? :bad-words:
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Post by Ruffy »

The HID balast will cause interrence if it is mounted too closely or if wires run to close to the coax or antenna.
It works very similar to an ignition system.
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Post by Hobzee »

Should only cause a problem when the ballasts are heating up. Once you reach full brightness the static should go.

And yes - keep the coax as far away from ballasts as possible..
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Post by 60_series_united »

yeah i thought i would go away when it heats up but im pretty sure it stays there, ill try and mount the aerial some where else
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Post by bushy555 »

Whilst moving the coax cable, Grab some sheilding cable and place it over both the radio ariel coax cable, as well as the high tension leads from the ballast to the bulb. Run an earth/ground wire from the sheild back to the chassis/body or battery. This should eliminate the majoirty of the noise.
Can get this sheilding cable from any decent electrical wholesale shop, TLE, Rexel. Even Farnell and RS Components should have it.
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Lightforce HID conversion stuff: http://www.angelfire.com/on4/bushy5551/
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Post by blurredvision »

This link addresses the issues that you are having and how to fix them.
Hope it helps.
http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49831
http://www.dirtcomp.com.au/
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