got a couple caps to put on the mobile for noise but i know nothing about them..thier 16v 10000pf..read somewhere that some of them have a hot n a cold and some dont..is anyone familar with the ones i have ? dont see any hot/neg marks on the caps..
You can use electrolytic caps to help suppress ignition noise by putting it inline with your power feed to the radio. However, you need much bigger caps than the type you're suggesting. I would use at least twice the rated voltage of your device (bigger if you can, like Beetle said), and you're going to need something in the range of 30,000pf. That's just an off-the-top-of-my-head guess. The cap is going to be the size of a beer can.
The other thing you can do with a cap of smaller value is to combine it with an inductor like this:
http://www.worldwidedx.com/home-bre...-simple-alternator-whine-ignition-filter.html
The point is, you hook up the positive lead to the positive terminal, and the negative lead to the negative terminal.
Zactly - putting the capacitor ACROSS (sort of "in parallel" with) the power supply, ideally as close to the radio as possible.
My turn to be picky. You want the caps as close to the noise source as possible in order to prevent radiation that can be picked up by the antenna. If the noise is present on just the power leads then placing the caps close to the radio will work.
Fully agree - I was assuming (I know) that it was conducted rather than radiated noise.