[s-cars] HID wiring

[Taka Mizutani]

Startup current on a HID ballast is pretty high- that's why you need to
relay the connection so it can get enough current draw to light.

They do draw less continuous power once lit- 35W is typical HID draw.



On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Mark Strangways <strangconst at rogers.com>wrote:

> Sounds like the Ballast's add + 15 watts of draw to the system ?
> This is kinda silly, cause aren't these supposed to be MORE efficient ?
>
> I should go measure my current draw on each light to see what the lamp /
> ballast are pulling.
>
> Mark
> On 2011-10-11, at 11:29 AM, Dace Voit wrote:
>
> > I have both sides relayed independently with 10-12 gauge wire for the
> power and ground connections. Power comes from the + jumper post and ground
> runs to the frame rail. I soldered the wires in right at the connector plug
> to the headlights. The lights fire up consistently everytime. At first, the
> speedo gauge would dive and then recover, but that just stopped happening
> for no apparent reason. When running, however, they do cause my car to run
> about 50 rpms lower. Not sure why that is since they are supposed to draw
> less power after initial startup.
> >
> >
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