One of those confusing electrical moments
Today while wiring up a new 12 volt in dash stereo to the house end of my motorhome I noticed when hooking the live wire up to the stereo the house lights go brighter by about 20 percent. The stereo...
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Filter capacitors in the radio
There is an AC ripple in your converters DC output
The filters raise the voltage
Once about 20 years ago I put a filter capacitor across the wires to a 12v fan I put in the bedroom of that first class A
The fan speed got faster and the DC voltage went from 13+ to almost 16v
I was trying to stop interference from the fan on my TV
But the voltage was now too high for the lights and the batteries
And I had too remove the filter cap
Measure your house DC and see if it goes up to much
The lights should not be grounding through the radio your radio is grounded to same chassis lights..
Do not hitting the radio to the light wiring
There is an AC ripple in your converters DC output
The filters raise the voltage
Once about 20 years ago I put a filter capacitor across the wires to a 12v fan I put in the bedroom of that first class A
The fan speed got faster and the DC voltage went from 13+ to almost 16v
I was trying to stop interference from the fan on my TV
But the voltage was now too high for the lights and the batteries
And I had too remove the filter cap
Measure your house DC and see if it goes up to much
The lights should not be grounding through the radio your radio is grounded to same chassis lights..
Do not hitting the radio to the light wiring
