[s-cars] HIDs & the idiot light

[James Murray (QC/LMC)]

I measured my "in-rush" current on start-up at 11amps, the fuse is good for 10amps but since this is "in-rush" only and for a very very short period I have had no issues to date and have not replaced my fuse.

Cheers, /James '93 S4

-----Original Message-----
From: Pram [mailto:pramtt at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:21 AM
To: Philip Mische
Cc: S-Car List
Subject: Re: [s-cars] HIDs & the idiot light


Phil:

I have installed a pair of aftermarket HID bulb/ballast to my 92S4.
When power supply for the HID is taken directly from the low beam
wiring then  no "bulb out indicator is triggered".  However I need to
upgrade the fuse of the low beam with a higher capacity by 5amp to
prevent blowing out of the fuse (sometime) during initial start-up of
the HID (due to higher current draw during start-up).

HTH,
Pram
92S4

On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 07:17 AM, Philip Mische wrote:

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> For those listers who have cars with the bulb-checker 'feature' - has
> anyone installed HIDs and not had to deal with a "bulb-out" indicator?
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> TIA,
> Phil
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