Anyone know HID's at all?

[hondarider102]

I have an HID bulb in my headlight on my bike, not by choice but a regular bulb will melt the housing so i have to run HID, basically whats happening is it will turn on, the ballast will click a few times and it will shut off. anyone know how to fix this issue or what it could be? i was thinking ballast but it wouldn't even turn on if the ballast was junk would it?

[rice_rocket]

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Could still be the ballast, or it didnt getting enough power. On cars they make battery wiring harnesses for this.

[Lxpony]

Corey- My suggestion, just replace the entire thing. DDM sells them for $40 shipped. Not worth the aggrevation when you can replace them for that cheap. I have them on both my ninjas and have no problems with them

[Kazinator]

Probably the ballast...for the price of a ballast, as lx said, might as well just buy a whole new kit.

[hondarider102]

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My original thought was to just get a new kit but my worry is that it's the power issue but I have no idea how to test this? I don't know Hids at all

[Kazinator]

Are you running 1 ballast or 2?

[SSearchVT]

Disconnect the main feed and ground from the bike and try to power it off a car battery. Take as many pieces other than the bulb and the ballast out of the system - use jumper cables if you have to. If it fires up - you know the problem is elsewhere. Then start backtracking - start with the fuse. Even if it looks good replace it - I've been bitten by the hairline crack in them before...

[butcher bergs]

Based on your description, I'm going with ballast.

Think of it like a flourescent light....when the ballast goes bad the bulb could blink as the ballast tries to fire or it may take a few tries before the bulb illuminates or you get no light at all and just hear the ballast trying to fire.

[FZR]

wow, everyone beat me to it. either bad ballast or not getting enough power. what brand is it? some McCullochs or older HID kits had a separate igniter for the ballast that sits between 12v to ballast