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Old 02-15-2016, 06:56 PM
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My LED headlights caused that static crap. Once I got Sirius XM radio, I don't even care that it does it, no AM/FM radio for me!
Old 06-12-2017, 09:22 PM
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Default Radio interference with LED Fog's

I as others have discovered the FM radio interference apparently caused when my LED fogs are activated. I believe they are the LED 3" fogs which came packaged with the lower grille insert i had purchased for my truck mods, and not the LED upgrade bulbs purchased to replace the OEM Fog Hal's bulbs. The seller of the grille told me they were a Chinese 3" LED Fog's manufacture unknown! I had purchased a pair of Rigid Duallys for another project but are flush mount design. I'm in process of adapting them to this lower grille insert, and trying hoping the better quality corrects the radio interference.
Tried the $20 Ferrite Clamp Choke Coil RFI EMI Noise Filter with minor success.
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I have the same problem. I did a quick google search and found this video. I am going to try it. Link to amazon is in the description of the video


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and here I am getting interference just when my regular halogen headlamps come on. Pretending its not there so I don't have to track down a bad ground just yet lol
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My light bar causes certain stations to get fuzzy. It is what it is at this point
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LED's cause RFI from 30ish to 300Mhz ish range and when not properly shielded will over ride you FM stations, garage door openers ect... The manufactures trying to keep costs low are cutting corners on things such as sheiding, grounding will never fix this issue.



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