HID low beam out... replaced bulb/fuse.. still out

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Jul 30, 2006, 01:40 PM

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Can you give me an update? I unfortunately followed your path by buying the bulbs (waited for my IC pipes to arrive) and swapped them out this weekend. No joy. Swapped bulbs side to side and housings side to side. Have voltage to module also. Where did you end up getting your module at?

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Jul 30, 2006, 08:25 PM

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ok, so i checked the plug going into the ballast and that had power. So I decided to check to make sure I didn't get a "dead" bulb. I connected everything and then checke what I think are the correct terminals for the HID bulb itself and bingo, no power. So it has to be the ballast. Power into ballast is good, but no power out.

these are the two terminals I checked, are these the right ones? There are other metal clips, but they look like they are just there to secure the bulb in place.

To ignite the bulb the controller sends around 15,000 volts to cause an arc between the bulb contacts. Once the bulb comes up the voltage drops to less than 100 volts. I've never been bitten by the starting voltage but I suppose it would be like getting shocked off of a spark plug wire. It might be dangerous if more current is involved. Also, this much voltage may damage your VOM. So, maybe it is good thing you didn't find any voltage there.

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Aug 1, 2006, 03:08 PM

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I went ahead and switched the working side (driver side) ballast over to the passenger side and kept everything the same and the damn bulb worked (well it obviously worked all along). It was the ballast/module, it was shot. I got a set of Evo HID ballasts off ebay. I suggest looking there and posting on the for sale/wanted sections here at evom. I got several inquiries about ballasts for sale, but still went with the ebay one. If you have no luck then let me know. I may... MAY part with my extra ballast. I would really like to keep it if this happens again, but I'm not sure.

good luck and let me know how you make out.