I have a problem with ignition noise in my system and I've done everything I possibly could. My car is a 1999 Camero. I've added noise filter coils and caps to the deck and amp. I put bigger and bigger ones inline and it doesn't seem to matter. I've even changed amps and decks. No good.
Modern ignition systems are relatively immune to the problems that used to be common; I suspect your deck/amp installation is not properly grounded. I assume that this is not original equipment. Did the car come with a factory system and did it have problems? If the factory system worked OK then the problem lies in your installation. If the factory system also had noise then the fault lies in the vehicle.
Wayne Parham Messages: 18778 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
I agree with Bill. Connect all grounds directly to the negative terminal on the battery with a large conductor wire. See if that doesn't reduce the noise. If so, remove the direct battery ground connection to each component one at a time until you find the one that causes it. That one has high resistance to ground, causing it to float a little above ground when in operation. You may find this is the case with more than one component, so maybe the best way to handle it is to permanently install large conductor ground straps to the battery for each subsystem component.
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