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Wildrat
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 1:39 pm: | 
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I am rewiring a car I am restoring. I am about ready to run the wiring for the stereo. Do ya'll think I should route the speaker wires on the other side of the vehicle away from the radio coax? Or is it not going to make much difference. Seems to me to be a good idea to do it this way, but I am feeling a bit lazy, and am trying to get out of pulling panels on the otherside of the vehicle. Thank You! |
Ironmask
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 2:56 pm: |
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Wildrat,
With a GOOD shielded coax there shouldn't be a problem.
Make the speaker wires as short as possible and twist them, if they are of the flat wire style. Make your twist even, so many turns to the inch as an example. Untwisted wire is more sceptable to picking up stray RF. No mater where it may originate. Whether the source is the radio, antenna, coax or for that matter a bad mic connection.
When running the coax, do NOT kink it or coil in small coils.
The use of a Balum or mobile TVI filter that is grounded, will also help with any interference problem you may encounter. A good example, happened to a neighbor. His garage door would go up and down when he keyed the mic on his mobile. I know it saved reaching for another button, but, when it came down on the car that was the last straw. Hope this has been of a little help. 73's Iron Mask |
Allagator
| | Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004 - 9:41 pm: |
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if you run them on the same side you mite have some real loud talkback if your running any anps for the stereo !!!!! I would run the coax on the other side away from the SP wires and make sure (if you have any stereo amps dont let the coax get close to the amps !!!!!!
just my info to give !!! hope it helps !!!!
Allagator |
Wildrat
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 7:09 am: |
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thank you all, I am running the speaker wires this am, and will use your suggestions. |
Wildrat
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 11:59 am: |
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well the speakers are in and wired, now to run the wires for the radio(CB) and other equipment. Now I need to go take a couple of pictures before I progress further. I will put pics on web site.
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