Now different CB issue

[3King]

So I got my original radio problem solved with SWR. Now. I have a Very interesting issue. I get a loud static noise in my radio when I turn my fog lights on. And I turn my squelch up half way or so. It goes away, Any ideas why that could be??

 

[cmjonesinc]

Those fog lights LED by chance? Some LEDs are notorious for being electrically noisy.

 

[3King]

Yeah. They are the 3 inch LED cube lights. I wired them in a couple months ago. They are just below my hood In my grille. And what’s funny is. My head lights are after market LED bulbs no kit and my stock fog lights I changed to after market led light and no kit. I guess I could disconnect the cube lights and see what happens.

 

[KEWB-N1EXA]

So I got my original radio problem solved with SWR. Now. I have a Very interesting issue. I get a loud static noise in my radio when I turn my fog lights on. And I turn my squelch up half way or so. It goes away, Any ideas why that could be??

Your led lights are pulsed at a high rate with a clock circuit to conserve current draw and extend the life of the leds. The led cases are plastic ?

I have aluminum cased Cree led lights on my pickup. No issues...

 

[cmjonesinc]

Tuning out led noise can be a real pain. Make sure you have good grounds everywhere and installing some filters on the radio may help. A lot of leds these days have really poorly designed circuitry to save cost and it can be a nightmare.

 

[3King]

Your led lights are pulsed at a high rate with a clock circuit to conserve current draw and extend the life of the leds. The led cases are plastic ?

I have aluminum cased Cree led lights on my pickup. No issues...

My LED lights are wire tapped into the factory fog lights. My Cube LED lights are metal casing.

 

[KEWB-N1EXA]

Tuning out led noise can be a real pain. Make sure you have good grounds everywhere and installing some filters on the radio may help. A lot of leds these days have really poorly designed circuitry to save cost and it can be a nightmare.

Run a remote relay don’t run the led lights to a switch inside the car it will be like a giant antenna.
They sell the remote relay cable harness on ebay.

 

[cmjonesinc]

Might try using the factory wiring to trigger a relay and wire the lights directly (fused) to the battery. Ran in to that on a jeep a while back that was getting led fog light noise in the factory fm radio. That solved it in that case.

 

[KEWB-N1EXA]

My LED lights are wire tapped into the factory fog lights. My Cube LED lights are metal casing.

Sounds like the chopper circuit to run the leds are little Rf generators

 

[KEWB-N1EXA]

Might try using the factory wiring to trigger a relay and wire the lights directly (fused) to the battery. Ran in to that on a jeep a while back that was getting led fog light noise in the factory fm radio. That solved it in that case.

I had a fog light kit on my gmc and I ran the relay off one of the fender yellow parking lights seemed to work good for me.

 

[3King]

Run a remote relay don’t run the led lights to a switch inside the car it will be like a giant antenna.
They sell the remote relay cable harness on ebay.

Ha so I decided to go and mess with the issue. I disconnected those cube fog lights. I turned my factory fog light on and I still get the static. And I also get the static with no lights on now. A little weird

 

[KEWB-N1EXA]

Ha so I decided to go and mess with the issue. I disconnected those cube fog lights. I turned my factory fog light on and I still get the static. And I also get the static with no lights on now. A little weird
[/QUOTE
]I think you mentioned you have LED headlights too ? Unplug those at the connectors and see if it goes away.

Do these headlights go into a dim mode during the day ?

Something is generating the noise and by you postings all these lights have been added into the system?

You didn't start with it so its a process of elimination.