Radio + Xenons = White noise

[Rooty]

Whenever i drive Tusc at night with the Xenons on it makes the radio totally fuzzy- Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas?

[pete]

Yes, same here, terrible VHF FM interference. I've tried honking great capacitors across the 12v feeds to the ballasts, but no change. I suspect it's good old RF interference, not interference through the earth connection.

The advice I found on the web was to try shielding the balasts with sheets of alloy grounded to earth, but that seems like a faff. I've got a DAB radio and set of Carbon Cans which are both immune, so I've learned to live with it

Cheers,
Pete

[blitzracing]

Id of thought tin foil would do the job just as well.

[dvs_dave]

Mine does it too. It's cheap poorly sheilded aftermarket ballasts that causes it. The factory fit (mine's an S) high beam xenons never caused any problems.

Hardly bother with the radio anyway as the reception at the best of times is still hopeless. Just listen to my ipod or exhausts instead.