My carrier hooked me up with a brand new 2021 Cascadia. So I'm having to install my radio all over again.
I spent several hours yesterday routing antenna and power wiring through the driver's side of the engine compartment and behind the dash to come up through the center of the dash. I made sure it was all very clean and organized. Coiled the excess antenna wire into a figure-8. Power comes from the battery (soldered in-line 15 amp fuse close to battery) for both my radio and West Mountain Radio ClrSpkr.
Sadly, I have even more alternator noise now than when I had it powered through the fuse box in my last truck (2018 Cascadia). At least, I think it's alternator noise--it's a whining noise that increases in pitch and volume with increase in RPM.
The body is all fiberglass. Not sure where I could hook up grounding wires that would actually accomplish any good. I also have several ferrite chokes that go around the power wires. They've never helped, but it's more work to take them off and they didn't seem to make the problem worse, so I left 'em on.
I would really appreciate any suggestions here.
Alternator Noise
Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by madmoneymike5, May 19, 2020.
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It also can be one of the following ...
USB charger
Eld power supply
Body computer
Ecm
Someone reminded me how he ran his power, he used coax and a isolation filter to get rid of the noise. -
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Sorry I put the wrong word on the post, it was supposed to be inductive filter, so
DC Line Noise Filter (20 Amps max) with Powerpole connectors | Powerwerxmadmoneymike5 Thanks this. -
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what radio are you using? some radios have better filters than others to mask over whining noise...
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Bonding may help..
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Start with both sides of door hinges....Sometime i have seen people say doing the ground wire upgrades on a car/truck/big rig helps...
Try some ferrites on your power supply wires to the radio..
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