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MODIFYING OR DETAILING YOUR I30 => ELECTRICAL | ELECTRONIC | AUDIO => Topic started by: druggist on November 23, 2022, 06:37:00

Title: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: druggist on November 23, 2022, 06:37:00
Any suggestions for LED bulbs for my brake lights and trafficators that won't interfere with AM radio reception on my FD wagon?
Title: Re: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: PhireSideZA on November 23, 2022, 08:05:39
What sort of interference are you getting? I wonder if wrapping ferrite cores on the leads would help? My guess is not, but I see them often enough on printer data cables so  :crazy1:
Title: Re: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: The Gonz on November 23, 2022, 09:51:48
That's odd. My FD has LEDs all over it and the radio works fine in all bands. I wouldn't be blaming the LEDs.
Title: Re: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: CraigB on November 23, 2022, 12:19:22
@druggist You don't mention whether you're getting interference or are expecting to :undecided:

I also have multiple LED's throughout the car and have not had any interference with the numerous brands I have tried, Classic Car LED  :link: Classic Car LEDs Ltd (https://www.classiccarleds.co.uk/) are a good source for reliable bulbs, some of their indicator bulbs have resistors built in or you have the option of using an LED flasher which means you can use bulbs without resistors

Interior bulbs I use the JDM brand, ordered off eBay Australia which have been faultless (better quality chips and heatsinks) compared with some of the cheaper one's on the market.
Title: Re: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: druggist on November 23, 2022, 20:06:36
When I touch the brakes or use traffic at or AM radio buzzes.
Title: Re: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: The Gonz on November 23, 2022, 21:56:22
Ah yes, Afghanistan flashback!
When the air traffic controllers at Kandahar blamed the coalition jammers on armoured vehicles coming through the FOB gates, I get calls telling me I need to do something about it because the jamming was my coalition responsibility.
I send a team to investigate and it turns out their radio antenna cables are corroded.
Take a lesson from the war and look at the health of your antenna cable and connections for such activity to be influencing it.

The rest may either fascinate or anaesthetise you:
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Title: Re: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: druggist on November 24, 2022, 08:35:18
Thanks Gonz, might just go back to the old globes
Title: Re: LED lights that don't make AM radio buzz
Post by: The Gonz on November 24, 2022, 09:08:47
Thanks Gonz, might just go back to the old globes
That's a bandaid, not a fix, but I won't judge  :lol:
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