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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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Can anyone here recommend somewhere where I can get a good quality 2 metre RCA lead? I'm still getting a whine from my amp in time with the revs. I've negated the possibility of poor earthing causing it and the speaker cables do not run anywhere near any power cables.
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Old Jul 20, 2004 | 11:33 AM
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It will be a poor earth...
I`ve used voodoo interconnects.
Pics of the install to follow.

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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Taff,

If you run an earth from the head unit to the same point where the amp's earth connects to the chassis, this should get rid of the whine.

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Old Jul 21, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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It is probably earth related, but not definitely. Google for noise flowchart and you'll find a good troubleshooting website
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 12:38 AM
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Well I have an earth lead going to battery neg and a lead connected to the body directly. Surely this will be sufficient earth, no?
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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 07:27 AM
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For my earth Ive used the seatbelt anchor mounting points in the rear.I sanded the paint off the car to get bare metal and thus a good fresh contact... no whine.

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Old Jul 22, 2004 | 08:20 AM
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Taff,

There's many causes of noise, not necessarily earthing. Do that google, you know you want to, as there's great advice out there.

I've had whine in 2 installs, neither in a scoob. The first was due to a failed RCA cable (!!!!), the second time it was an electrically noisy fuel pump interfering with an RCA cable running near the fuel pump wiring.
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