Quick question about HID...

wuchao1 · 10-04-2010, 07:37 PM

So my driver side HID bulb is no longer working.. everytime I turn it on it will just flick and stays on for about 1 sec... then its gone...
Is it that the bulb is dead or is there something wrong with the ballast or wire connection? I have the halogen>xenon conversion...

Thanks!

Raymond

reprod · 10-04-2010, 11:23 PM

Sounds like the ballast isn't supplying enough voltage to get the bulb up to operating temp. This is a problem you usually see with a bad igniter.

What kind of ballast do you have?
Is it a one piece unit or are the igniter and ballast separate?

wuchao1 · 10-05-2010, 12:11 AM

whats an igniter??
Its the conversion headlights from E90Alex... anyway.. it has a ballest connect to the bulb and also theres one thing that looks like a resister or something connecting to the battery (the jump start point..the red thing)

cyphr · 10-05-2010, 04:51 PM

swap ballasts, swap bulbs, one at a time. Sounds like a bad ballast. If neither of those works start checking the harness itself.

E92-Lighting · 10-05-2010, 05:45 PM

did you try to switch the D1S bulbs first

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reprod Lieutenant Colonel 175 Rep 1,762 Posts Drives: '16 M3 ZCP Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA iTrader: (6)	Sounds like the ballast isn't supplying enough voltage to get the bulb up to operating temp. This is a problem you usually see with a bad igniter. What kind of ballast do you have? Is it a one piece unit or are the igniter and ballast separate? __________________ '11 Space Grey E92 335xi M-Sport (KWv1 Coils \| Saddle Brown \| Bamboo) (Returned) '14 Mineral Grey F32 335i M-Sport (Dinan DHP \| LED Lights \| Coral Red \| Hexagonal Aluminum) (Returned) '16 Mineral Grey F80 M3 ZCP
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wuchao1 台北台灣 44 Rep 619 Posts Drives: 2004 MazdaSpeed Miata Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan State Spartans / Taipei iTrader: (5)	whats an igniter?? Its the conversion headlights from E90Alex... anyway.. it has a ballest connect to the bulb and also theres one thing that looks like a resister or something connecting to the battery (the jump start point..the red thing) __________________ 2006 E90 325i AT TiAG...Sold! 2000 E39 M5 "The Beast"...Sold! 2004 Mazda Speed Miata... Bone Stock... 2000 Ford Explorer... Beater all the way
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cyphr Major 70 Rep 1,239 Posts Drives: 08 335xi coupe Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston iTrader: (12)	swap ballasts, swap bulbs, one at a time. Sounds like a bad ballast. If neither of those works start checking the harness itself.
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E92-Lighting 877 Rep 35,253 Posts Drives: Next Generation LED Lighting Join Date: May 2008 Location: Walnut iTrader: (324)	did you try to switch the D1S bulbs first
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