hid in house testing
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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=92450
Printed Date: July 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Topic: hid in house testing
Posted By: menappi
Subject: hid in house testing
Date Posted: April 02, 2007 at 7:13 PM
I need to figure out a way to test hid ballasts and bulbs in house without the use of a car battery. So i'm assuming there should be a way using some device that I can plug into a typical wall outlet, or a combination of some easily obtainable parts that I can put together to do this. If anyone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it. I need to test a large amount of HID's and installing them into cars would take too much time.
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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: April 03, 2007 at 9:30 AM
Get yourself a motorcycle battery, and a slow charger. An inverter might not be the best way to do what you want to do, (no battery) The ballasts, and the bulbs, need to warm up. The initial start up need, might exceed the outputs of a cheep inverter.
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