i blew my HID
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Forum Name: Lights, Neon, LEDs, HIDs
Forum Discription: Under Car Lighting, Strobe Lights, Fog Lights, Headlights, HIDs, DRL, Tail Lights, Brake Lights, Dashboard Lights, WigWag, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=23091
Printed Date: May 11, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Topic: i blew my HID
Posted By: KaMLuNg
Subject: i blew my HID
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 10:25 PM
okay guys i need to find a replacement bulb... but its for a hanabi kit 6000k kit for the H4 lighting system... anyone have ANY idea where i can get a replacement??? thanks
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 10:31 PM
Use Google, it works wonders. Here is a search for your bulb.------------- Certified Security Specialist
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Posted By: KaMLuNg
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 10:42 PM
okay i hooked up my hid kit and had to put diodes so that the hi-low beam would put out power to the ballast when the switch is flipped... and then suddenly the light went out andd i smelled burnt rubber.. the diode melted in half right at the middle... does anyone know why this happened??? was it too much urrent??? the headlight harness puts out about 12v constant current...
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 10:46 PM
Did it specifically say to put a diode inline? What size diode did you use, 1, 3 ,or 6 amp? What is the current draw of the hid lights?
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Posted By: KaMLuNg
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 10:58 PM
the draw on the hid said 35w... and it is less than the 55w that a normal headlight produces... as for the didode im pretty sure it was a 3 amp...
Posted By: Teken
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 11:32 PM
1N4001 @50 volts up to 1N4007 @1000 volts = 1 amp
1N5400 @50 volts up to 1N5408 @1000 volts = 3 amp
D620 @200 VDC, D660 @600vdc, P600M @1000VDC = 6 amp
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1N4001 = 50 VDC = 1 AMP
1N4002 = 100 VDC = 1 AMP
1N4003 = 200 VDC = 1 AMP
1N4004 = 400 VDC = 1 AMP
1N4005 = 600 VDC = 1 AMP
1N4007 = 1000 VDC = 1 AMP
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Posted By: Teken
Date Posted: December 19, 2003 at 11:40 PM
KaMLuNg wrote:
okay i hooked up my hid kit and had to put diodes so that the hi-low beam would put out power to the ballast when the switch is flipped. the headlight harness puts out about 12v constant current...
I'm sorry but that totally doesn't make any sense to me.  Regards EVIL Teken . . .
Posted By: KaMLuNg
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 10:34 AM
my hid kit is not a dual beam... so that means that it will need feed from both the high beam and low beam... when u flick the high beams on and off the hid will just stay the same...
Posted By: KaMLuNg
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 10:35 AM
still can't find the replacement bulb for the kit.. i will take a pic of it later....
Posted By: Teken
Date Posted: December 20, 2003 at 12:42 PM
So you have basically attempted to wire the HID as your regular running lights. And your Hi-beams from your standard halogen bulbs to one another.
The current draw is too high... I would suggest to you that you wire each light fixture seperately to turn on independantly.
The same effect will be there. Both on when you wish it.
Regards
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Posted By: KaMLuNg
Date Posted: December 22, 2003 at 4:13 PM
lolz... no i just wired it so that when i turned on my headlights, it would turn on (acting as normal headlights)... then if i flipped my highbeams on it will have the same power to the ballast thus still giving the hid power... just no difference in headlight brightness because it is not a dual beam kit... my car doesn't have daytime running lights like in canada...
Posted By: superchuckles
Date Posted: January 02, 2004 at 3:21 AM
that's what he just said - anytime your running lights (i.e. tail lights and front marker lights, not headlights) are on (which they are on anytime the headlights are on, reguardless of whether they are high or low beam). the point is, what you need to do is instead of trying to hook those lights to the headlight circuit and overloading it, what you need to do is put a relay on the running light circuit, and feed the relay's switched power from a seperate and fused circuit going directly to the battery. this is a super easy job - go to the section on relays on how to hook one up if you don't know how.
Posted By: KaMLuNg
Date Posted: January 06, 2004 at 10:24 PM
okay so fused 12v direct from battery and then switch is from headlight harness and then output to HID ballast.... i am pretty sure i got this right.. thanks.
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