Rca leads

[Ollyb16v]

Will you get interferrance if i run two sets of rca's down the same side of the car??

 

[hazzel_frazzel]

nope, I have also done that. Interference comes if you sent any cable carrying power down the same side of the car as those RCA cables

 

[Tigger]

No just don't run them along-side the power cables, you'll be grand

 

[Dink]

run them on the same side as the power as you still won't have any problems

 

[Ollyb16v]

cool cheers fella's

 

[hazzel_frazzel]

run them on the same side as the power as you still won't have any problems

yes you will, it will cause interference

 

[MR_PEA]

i second that..
you must have some freekin well insulated RCA's for there to be no interferance.
a definate Audio no no!!

 

[Tigger]

What on earth are you dinking? :clown:

run them on the same side as the power as you still won't have any problems

yes you will, it will cause interference

 

[Dink]

where does this interferance come from???

remember it's DC and not AC

every car i've had and fitted audio equipment into i've run them on the same side (i've even got my remote as part of my rca's lol)

 

[hazzel_frazzel]

an electrical current of any sort causes a small magnetic field as far as i understand it, I'm not great on the physics, but thats all I have ever heard about car audio, make sure audio cables and power cables are as far away from each other as possible

 

[MR_PEA]

thats correct, the slightest voltage ripple can mask itself onto near by wires, if you put your battery on an osciliscope you will see a ripple which is porportinal to the alternater spining. that ripple can be induced onto the rcas and throught the speakers.

some cars have worse alternaters then some,, it is highly reccomended that you have them on alternate sides.!

 

[Dink]

trust me if you get interferance(sp) it's nothing to do with the rca's being close to the power cable.

also if current is induced into the rca it would be equal on both the signal and ground of the rca so it wouldn't actually do anything

 

[MR_PEA]

all (good) amps prefilter the powerlines, but they dont filter the RCA's due to gain loss..

also if current is induced into the rca it would be equal on both the signal and ground of the rca so it wouldn't actually do anything

just say we have a frequency comeing out of the alternator, about 150hz @ .5v , thats enough to produce a diffrence b/w the 2 lines, as the length increases the accross the power to the RCAs, the only way to avoid this is to use proper shielding and use tightly twisted wires and or to seperate the wires as far as possible.