Radio interference

[bcroe]

Welcome Bruce ! You must be a ham, too maybe ?

Yes, filtering enough to be able to hear the radio ~shouldn't~ be too hard but it sometimes
takes a bit of trial and error of hooking up filters and grounding, etc.

We also have been working on a filter for the Kid controller.  It isn't designed for 60+ amps
but maybe we should think about one for higher current, too ?

Usually it consists of a ferrite toroid or two and a couple of capacitors, or maybe 3 or 4 caps
connected as close to the controller as possible for, mainly, common mode noise and a small
amount for differential.         boB           

boB, yes HAM, K9MQG since 1958, managed EXTRA after they dropped the code.  Experimentation
is usually req'd; off the shelf units from CORCOM, OKAYA, or SCHURTER can be pretty
economical and come in a couple levels of filtering.  Once they get into high voltage &
current, costs rise, but even a simple home brew (shielding, bypass caps, toroids) can be
effective.  Feedthru caps are my favorite, but high current gets expensive.  Bruce Roe

[SgtPepper]

Thanks for the info guys, i'll be heading home for a couple of days tomorrow so will get the problem solving ball rolling.