Could the ballasts drain my car battery? Installed this kit 4 days ago on my car and now my battery is dead. Coincidence or not?
1549442
They do consume more power but your alternator keeps your battery at the highest charge possible. Maybe your Battery's old and the charge from the alternator wasn't enough to keep it charged? Get your battery tested
1549443
First thing to do would be to get the battery tested. That way you know if the battery is at fault. If its not the battery it could be a faulty wiring harness, but that's pretty uncommon. The ballast turns on when you turn the headlights on, so if you accidentally left the headlights on then the ballast will drain the battery. I would re check the wiring and make sure everything is in its place. If that's not it then I would ask for a replacement.
1161192
This is a good ballast unit. I haven't had any trouble with mine, however it is something that can break down. The fan needs to be on to cool the unit. Have you plugged in the light swvith? The plug goes right in the front . If after you plug in your unit and it does not work you need to call the company you bought this from and ask for a replacement. Hope this helps
1672408
This kit only has the bulbs and some wiring. The ballasts are not included. There are several other kits on amazon that do include the ballasts. Hope this helps!
1565109
The ballasts themselves will guard against flickering. More than likely the stock/oem bulbs used more power than these HIDs would. I know the load dropped considerably since my lights used to dim when my sound system played bassy songs whereas with the HIDs it doesnt anymore.
1488699
To accurately test a battery, you need to provide an artificial "load" that approximates what that battery might typically be expected to do. A car battery has a LOT of capacity and it is beyond the capabilities of a small/simple tester like this to provide a sufficient load to test its capacity. So... if THIS tester says your car battery is dead... it is really dead. But if it says it is OK... it may still not be.
1340606
This will more than likely work fine, ballasts are not that picky. they sell these at walmart now too for a lil bit more if you don't want to wait.
1161188
Check the cable from ballast to hood. I had one that was damaged. I gets damaged from the opening.
1387704
Yes, but the question of the day is...... Will the ballast be bad as 6 of 10 fixtures that I received did not work! I spent another $160 on ballast......
762068
I used one. This kit comes with a harness that hooks into existing headlight harness and a power that runs straight from battery to prevent voltage drops an spikes which cause poor performance like pulsing or not coming on. There are two headlight outputs to go to your ballasts. This setup works way better than just hooking up to stock headlight wires. The size of stock wire will restrict power to the ballasts.
1612435
From personal experience, DRL didn't work on the last vehicle I had converted to 55W HID. I can't speak for this kit specially since my truck has a separate DRL bulb. I'm guessing that the constant low voltage might affect the ballast negatively long term.
1424755
Yes it will work but ballast won't last as long I lost a digital ballast never used them again
2187101
Its harmless. Depending on how you have your light switches set you may notice there dimly kit while your driving. I kinda like it. They use much less juice, so the current in the line shows up. Your x cuts power to that circuit when the car is off after ten or fifteen min anyway. You can check, they won't be lit
2030821
Hey what's goin in man! I got this car a few months back and it's a great starter car! Pretty fast! I would get some exta battery's! Just get the same one it comes with! If he seem to take an interest in it then you can spend some more cash to get some good ones! One thing you need to know when you first get the car the first time you charge the battery charge it for 8 hours straight even if the charger says it's done! If you don't the battery will only likes 5-8 mins good luck brother
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Be sure the circuit (fuse) has the capacity to handle the load. I have an aux. battery in my van and charged from a Wagan Quick Jump Starter and it blew a 20a fuse after a couple of days of plugging it in. Be sure you isolate the aux battery in some way or your batteries will try to drain each other.
1034219
Check to make sure you have power to you light fixture. Your ballast needs to be replaced.
1520876
ballast is bypassed, would not work. I'd suggest labels for hot and neutral too.
161638
I did the same thing. Just removed old ballast and used existing wire nuts to connect the new one. Very simple process. Just make sure the fixture is unplugged or disconnected.