Steve ;
Don't put the cart before the horse ~ wait untill it's installed then
if you have noise , go at it logically : most of the time a poorly
grounded antenna is the culprit .
Then you can see if the heater fan or ignition makes any static and
address each one as you find it .
Don't go crazy adding capacitors all over " just because " .
-Nate
Steve wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello, I have scanned about 200 of the 845 messages on radio
> messeges. I am just looking for additional things I might need to
> learn beyond me. I bought an orig radio off ebay for $180 bucks,
> from I believe a 56, quite a fight starting at $30, but I finally
> won, although its workability was not clear. I finally set things
up
> and after connecting antenna, speaker, via my 12 volt convertor----
> would you believe it WORKS !!!!! I bought it gambling on its work
or
> not working, how lucky am I. The vibrator works, the old tubes
glow,
> I would replace old tubes for new, but not yet have looked online
to
> find new, but no need since it plays well. A bit disapointing to
me
> at 1st was my 12 volt convertor breaker tripping, yet only a 2.5
amp
> convertor, and reading the radio book and tying in my ammeter, it
> draws about 1.8, then up to aprox 2.6 after warm up. No problems.
> Tied it straight to my battery outside, and got a clear signal !!!!!
> I sat there a bit listening to WSM-650 Nashvile, the grand ole
opry,
> the radio works great !!!!!!!!!!
> Started the truck and signal was still clear, but maybe lost a
little
> due to some noise. Anyway this is just it sitting outside the
truck
> on the concrete at near freezing. Once I'm fully installed I will
> have to see how things are.
> Now that I have an internal regulated alternator, wonder about
> suppresion for radio noise. I won't know for sure till I'm done
in
> a day or two, I might not even need to look into this, but why wait
> to ask questions. My Malory Unilite distributor (don't have its
plug
> wire info in front of me), might generate noise. I have the radio
> service manual, but it doesn't give me any capacitor values. I
> believe they are electrolytic for suppresion, I would think so
> anyway. Wonder what the microfarad values would be ?????? If I
knew
> I could probably just go to the Radio Shack and pick some up.
Anyone
> know of the microfarad values used for this ??? The original radio
> manual shows caps tied at the voltage regulator gen, coil wire 12
> volts, generator armature line. Now with an alternator with
internal
> regulator, I don't know if suppressors are even used here, or if
they
> would be of any purpose. Also what about my heater fan motor, or
> wiper electric motor, would I need to install caps at these points
> also. Since these motors run on brushes, I'd think they probably
do,
> maybe someone knows more to tell me though. Any info from anyone
on
> this matter ??? Just finished rewiring my whole front end, and
> installed a fuse block where the old voltage regulator used to
sit.
> With no voltage regulator, or generator, anymore, where else other
> than the coil wire, or other motors, would I use caps for noise
> suppresion----(if needed)?????
> I might be ok anyway, but I'd like some suggestions, 2 heads are
> always better than one !!!! 1959 Chevy Apache Fleetside, the
Road
> King-----Columbus,Ft.Benning,GA
> -PhenixCity,LA-Donia,Alabama
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