- Strangeness with my x50
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Newcomer
Strangeness with my x50
ok, I bought this detector used about a couple months ago.
It seemed to be working fine, and still seems to be working fine however this past week I've been getting a false laser alert about 30 seconds after turning on the car.
It's very strange, I will turn on the car, RD turns on, drive away, about 30 seconds to a minute later I get LASER for about 5 seconds or so then it stops and doesn't do it again. It seems to do it almost every time I get into the car and start it. What would cause this all of a sudden?
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Old Timer
Some sort of electrical noise or interference in your electrical system. Run it in Voltage display to see if you notice any sort of spike or drop.
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Newcomer
Thanks, I totally forgot about that!
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Radar Fanatic
You can help reduce the noisy electrical system by buying one of
these. ( RFI Ferrite Choke Core ) from Radio Shack.
Before I bought one of these, every time I blew my Horn my laser would false.
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Newcomer
check it in another car to see if it does the same thing
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Newcomer
Thanks for all the suggestions. I am just wondering why it would just start happening now and not right from when I got it.
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Old Timer
Possible early warning that your electrical system might take a crap in the future?
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Newcomer
lol, thanks a lot.
Maybe that could be added to the x50 features list?
I wonder if maybe the smart cord is messed up...I assume that could cause this too...
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Speed Demon
If this is happening in the same spot every time (ie; 100 feet from your house) make sure there isn't a little gnome hiding in the trees shooting laser and laughing at you. :wink:
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Newcomer
It happens every time, anywhere. I checked with the voltage meter display on the x50 and it was an almost constant 13.3 and didn't notice any major change when it again said Laser.
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