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Re: HDI lights
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 12:54 pm
by Old Painless
If its turning on and then turning itself off of its own accord, it must be broken ? The ballast must be duff.
Re: HDI lights
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:32 pm
by dr_46
everything is wired right they just dim down after 10 seconds or so this shit is driving me bonkers

Re: HDI lights
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 1:58 pm
by Old Painless
Its broken. Buy cheap - buy twice comes to mind. Not that it is very helpful in this situation.
If your not turning it off and it goes off by itself once the lamp is struck, what else could it be ?
Re: HDI lights
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 2:21 pm
by dr_46
f**K me u are probably right its probably the ballast the ebay store has not replied to my 4 emails..i want a working replacement of a refund but i have chopped some cables to suite my bike...this shit only happens to me

Re: HDI lights
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 8:17 pm
by Old Painless
If its plug and play why are the cables cut ?
Re: HDI lights
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 4:13 am
by dr_46
the ground and positive are cut to suite
Re: HDI lights
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:17 am
by Old Painless
I thought that after i posted, makes sense.
Buy one made in England, you know that one will work !

Re: HDI lights
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:48 am
by dr_46
i dont know what i did to the ballas but i opened it and closed it up and it works.....now because i have 2 of them going at once it drains my baterry can anyone help?
Re: HDI lights
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:57 am
by porndoguk
dr_46 wrote:i dont know what i did to the ballas but i opened it and closed it up and it works.....now because i have 2 of them going at once it drains my baterry can anyone help?
i really think you have duff balasts there pal,
once ignited discharge lighting uses less current and power than a standard incandescent halogen lamp,
so unless you battery and reg/rec and alternator arnt up to the job id hazzard a guess to say the ballast is a dud.
id consider buying a better set, i briefly read through this just, and judging by the buzzing sound you mentioned id guess they arent filtered and therefore will cause massive interferance with other peoples radios etc, and some occasions mobile phones, and the cheap ones tend to be crap on bumps! ive been there.
hope this helps a little