HIDs keep blowing my fuse - SRT Forums

Smucky69 · 12-07-2004, 06:50 PM

Anyone else have this problem. They were working great till i flashed my high beams at someone.(but i have non and they just went off). But the left one never went back on. Now every time i put a new fuse in, it blows. Should iput a biggerfuse in. The only thing is the other one works fine. By the way i have a 10A fuse in it. Any ideas what it could be.

JjkatxSRT4 · 12-07-2004, 06:58 PM

wait the one of my headlights doesnt work, like my left one for some reason, i mean it used too... You think replacing a fuse might help which fuse do you replace for the HID's?

devin98 · 12-07-2004, 07:22 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Smucky69

Anyone else have this problem. They were working great till i flashed my high beams at someone.(but i have non and they just went off). But the left one never went back on. Now every time i put a new fuse in, it blows. Should iput a biggerfuse in. The only thing is the other one works fine. By the way i have a 10A fuse in it. Any ideas what it could be.

It sounds mike you might have blown your ballast? what brand are you using? some have the built in protection for over voltage some don't

Smucky69 · 12-07-2004, 10:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by devin98

It sounds mike you might have blown your ballast? what brand are you using? some have the built in protection for over voltage some don't

cAN I FIX THAT. I have Techone 8000k

iwhine · 12-07-2004, 10:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Smucky69

Anyone else have this problem. They were working great till i flashed my high beams at someone.(but i have non and they just went off). But the left one never went back on. Now every time i put a new fuse in, it blows. Should iput a biggerfuse in. The only thing is the other one works fine. By the way i have a 10A fuse in it. Any ideas what it could be.

PUT A 20A FUSE IN THERE!!! DID YOU GET INSTRUCTIONS WITH YOUR LIGHTS??? my instructions told me to put in 30A fuse if i was going to run high beams.

Smucky69 · 12-07-2004, 10:43 PM

I ll try that but i don't have High beams. Thanks ill give that a wirl tomorrow.

devin98 · 12-08-2004, 12:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Smucky69

cAN I FIX THAT. I have Techone 8000k

Don't know about fixing it you would have to talk to the manufacture, it might be cheaper to replace them.

devin98 · 12-08-2004, 12:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by iwhine

PUT A 20A FUSE IN THERE!!! DID YOU GET INSTRUCTIONS WITH YOUR LIGHTS??? my instructions told me to put in 30A fuse if i was going to run high beams.

Thats kind of scary as you should never replace a fuse with a larger one they are there for a reason to make sure everything on that line is protected from a current and voltage spike.

joeykunz · 12-08-2004, 06:12 PM

10amp fuse will always blow with an hid kit.. Up it to 20/25 and you will be fine.

Smucky69 · 12-11-2004, 04:32 AM

dont put a biggger fuse in. it blew my main feed. this sux cause i had them less then a month too.

Anyone know anything about techone cause i cant find a site or a phone number to reach them.

White_Zzzzz · 12-11-2004, 10:22 AM

I thought the headlight fuse was a 20a? Mine are wired to work through my highbeams. do the highbeams use a different fuse?

98rt_canadian · 12-12-2004, 10:31 PM

HID balasts draw alot more current during startup than Halogen bulbs do. Once they are running though the current draw drops below that of a regular Halogen setup. Some HID ballasts (total startup draw from both) can draw 4 times as much current as your OEM halogen bulbs do. That is why people replace the stock fuse with a larger one. Wouldn't really call it a fix tho.

Build you own harness to alleviate this problem, because even if they are working for you now, you will probably have problems down the road.

Smucky69 · 12-13-2004, 10:25 AM

my HID balasts is blown i think.

98rt_canadian · 12-13-2004, 06:47 PM

try swapping the bulb to the other ballast?

Broken5hifT · 12-21-2004, 03:31 PM

so then whats the correct way to do HIDs?