Gen 1 I first installed just the lowbeam hid and it worked fine. Now after I installed the highbeam hid kit the lowbeam comes on when you turn the bike on but once you start it up the lowbeam shuts off. The highbeam will turn on. To get the lowbeam to work I can unplug it from the bulb then reconnect and it works. The highbeam tho kind of flickers with both lights on. No idea why it's doing this. Any ideas? I'm running a DDM HID 6k 55w setup
HID installed but not working correctly
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RedBusarider
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What year bike?
Busabim
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The power wire that runs between the factory headlamp harness and the ballast is the ideal place to cut the power wire and install a switch for the headlight. This will allow to turn off the headlight during startup.
What is killing the ballast is when the ignition is turned on, the headlight is powered on, then you start the bike, while starting the bike the headlight goes off, the once the bike is running the headlight comes back on. This is called a rapid fire scenario.
Ideally you want the hid to come on and stabilize. This is when the light comes on and reaches the optimum brightness. Usually 30-60 seconds
While turning on and off the hid so quickly not allowing for the stabilization period to occur this is what is killing the bulbs and ballasts.
Solution. Switch would be ideal. Have the hid off during start up, let bike warm up, then turn on headlight. Then the headlight is only turning on once and allows for stabilization.
BB
What is killing the ballast is when the ignition is turned on, the headlight is powered on, then you start the bike, while starting the bike the headlight goes off, the once the bike is running the headlight comes back on. This is called a rapid fire scenario.
Ideally you want the hid to come on and stabilize. This is when the light comes on and reaches the optimum brightness. Usually 30-60 seconds
While turning on and off the hid so quickly not allowing for the stabilization period to occur this is what is killing the bulbs and ballasts.
Solution. Switch would be ideal. Have the hid off during start up, let bike warm up, then turn on headlight. Then the headlight is only turning on once and allows for stabilization.
BB
You suggest I put both bulbs on a switch?
Busabim
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no, only the low, as it comes on when the bike starts! The high is never a problem as it doesnt turn on with the bike so no rapid fire.
I bought a relay for the low on ebay for $5 shipped.
no, only the low, as it comes on when the bike starts! The high is never a problem as it doesnt turn on with the bike so no rapid fire.
I bought a relay for the low on ebay for $5 shipped.
Alright I'll do that tonight. I appreciate the help
Guess I was lucky... installed dual HIDs on my 2nd Gen 1 with no switch, no relay and no issues.
Quiksilver
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Try a harness. The power comes directly from the battery.
riccoh
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If you are just going to add a switch to the HID's so that you can turn them on after the bike start off, do yourself a favor and wire to the switch to the ground side of the ballast instead on the "hot" side. this will prevent any issues down the road if the switch fails. last thing you will want is a hot wire loose somewhere and shorting out. I done this to a few of my bikes and never had a problem that way, but I did learned this the hard way.
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