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RCA’s next to power/ speaker wires

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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: RCA’s next to power/ speaker wires

Posted By: Flatlandfreak
Subject: RCA’s next to power/ speaker wires
Date Posted: January 29, 2006 at 5:10 PM

I'm doing an install in a truck and need to run a set of RCA's behind the dash and then down the side of the vehicle.  Behind the dash, the only room to run a set of cords to my destination is right along the factory wiring raceway for about 4-5 feet.  Then they need to run in a lume from the bed to the cab, only problem is, our speaker wires, and remote turn on lead are run through the same loom, there is no room for another run of loom anywhere else. even if there was they would have to be within a few inches of each other to go though the hole we have available in the cab   Do you think I'll aquire any noise issues from inductance into either the speaker wires from the remote turn on lead, or into the RCA's from the speaker wires or other power wires behind the dash??  They are Tsunami Competition, Triple-shielded, directional RCA's.  I figured with the triple shielding I should be safe.

What do you think?



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Posted By: monorail
Date Posted: January 29, 2006 at 6:54 PM

I would just run the cables and see what happens. I guess you'll find out if that triple shielding is as good as advertised.





Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: January 29, 2006 at 7:44 PM

Yes, running low-level signal cables next to high-power cables can sometimes cause EMI noise, which is why I usually recommend to not do it.  But in the vast majority of installations it is not a problem as long as the RCA cables are shielded, no matter what brand they may be.



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Posted By: Flatlandfreak
Date Posted: January 30, 2006 at 3:05 PM
Well hopefully that works, cuz it's a pain to tear that entire dash apart again!

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Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: January 31, 2006 at 9:58 AM
I have had installs where It has made noise, and where it hadnt made noise. If your RCAs arent shielded, wrap some heat shield around them where they cross. I have done that with the adhiesive metal backed cloth, and It has worked wonders, It looks like the same type of stuff tightly wrapped inside coax cables. And if it can radiate 2000 degrees F it probably is good enough to send a couple waves bouncing away from my rca's. Good change you have no noise problem as well though.

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