Hid kit installed now one side slightly flickers

Hid kit installed now one side slightly flickers

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Birky_41

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191 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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I use a work horse chevy captiva for all the dirty work. One of its jobs is taking my boy racing so it tows every week

The standard h7 low beams are a joke so I decided to fit some hid after a bit of research. I run led on my own bike which are great but not as good as hid for distance

Only issue I'm having is on the left side only I'm getting a tiny amount of flicker. Has anyone else experienced this and if so what was the fix? I googled it and initially it says the drl draw too much current. Next on my list is to cheng the old yellow lights with modern led ones.

Could it be the ballast? Is it faulty? Or am I missing something as its only one side and they are both definitely wired in perfect




mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

262 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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Isn't your conversion an MoT fail under the new rules?

TallPaul

1,520 posts

265 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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Swap the ballast & bulbs around and see if the problem moves to the other side, if it does that’ll point towards the fault. If it doesnt, I’d guess one side isnt getting enough power.

Birky_41

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Sunday 8th April 2018
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mybrainhurts said:
Isn't your conversion an MoT fail under the new rules?
If I wanted a 'will this be legal under yet another law put in place here in England' I'd have put that as the subject

I have zero interest in that aspect of what I asking

mybrainhurts

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Sunday 8th April 2018
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Birky_41 said:
mybrainhurts said:
Isn't your conversion an MoT fail under the new rules?
If I wanted a 'will this be legal under yet another law put in place here in England' I'd have put that as the subject

I have zero interest in that aspect of what I asking
Just trying to save you some possible grief. I'll not bother next time.

Birky_41

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Sunday 8th April 2018
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TallPaul said:
Swap the ballast & bulbs around and see if the problem moves to the other side, if it does that’ll point towards the fault. If it doesnt, I’d guess one side isnt getting enough power.
That is my plan. I'm kind of hoping it's the ballast as I can get that replaced. If its power then it comes more tricky to sort

That's where I'm out of ideas. Hoping there's some experience on here that have had the same issue

Haltamer

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87 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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mybrainhurts said:
Isn't your conversion an MoT fail under the new rules?
Yes - HID Bulb in Halogen housing is a failure - Personally, I don't think it's too bad if you have a projector lamp,

With regard to the actual issue, I imagine it is down to the ballast, as it is only affecting one side:- Have you tried an anti flicker capacitor? a fair number of the general Ebay kits come with these.

Out of interest, what kit are you using?

Haltamer

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87 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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Birky_41 said:
That is my plan. I'm kind of hoping it's the ballast as I can get that replaced. If its power then it comes more tricky to sort

That's where I'm out of ideas. Hoping there's some experience on here that have had the same issue
Further to my previous post, have a look at this:
http://www.xenonvisionhid.com/hid-lighting-trouble...

Birky_41

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mybrainhurts said:
Just trying to save you some possible grief. I'll not bother next time.
Not a personal insult at you. Reading that back it read blunt and I didn't meant that. It was more the question on the light as I'm getting frustrated that a few things I've done today work but this isn't quite right

If I was concerned on mots or that matter I'd have said but appreciate your thoughts

Birky_41

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Sunday 8th April 2018
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Haltamer said:
Yes - HID Bulb in Halogen housing is a failure - Personally, I don't think it's too bad if you have a projector lamp,
Yes it's a projector. They give much better light than say my bike which is reflector I find

The Dangerous Elk

4,642 posts

84 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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mybrainhurts said:
Isn't your conversion an MoT fail under the new rules?
I fecking hope so !

Birky_41

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Sunday 8th April 2018
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Haltamer said:
Out of interest, what kit are you using?
These ones. I didn't know a great deal so searched for my model, something with a warranty and had good ratings


Birky_41

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The Dangerous Elk said:
mybrainhurts said:
Isn't your conversion an MoT fail under the new rules?
I fecking hope so !
Shh you. Go sit on your chair on a Sunday with that note pad taking down plates for 'naughty drivers' then report to the police

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

262 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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Birky_41 said:
mybrainhurts said:
Just trying to save you some possible grief. I'll not bother next time.
Not a personal insult at you. Reading that back it read blunt and I didn't meant that. It was more the question on the light as I'm getting frustrated that a few things I've done today work but this isn't quite right

If I was concerned on mots or that matter I'd have said but appreciate your thoughts
Roger...smile



Birky_41

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Sunday 8th April 2018
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Haltamer said:
Further to my previous post, have a look at this:
http://www.xenonvisionhid.com/hid-lighting-trouble...
That's a good link. Last one I didn't think of is a old battery. It's the original 4 year old one so might be an issue. I'll swap the ballasts over first then try a few down that list

Really appreciate your help, thank you

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

262 months

Sunday 8th April 2018
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I'd swap the bulbs first, I think I used to get flickering before HID bulbs failed.

broncoupe

159 posts

233 months

Monday 9th April 2018
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The cheaper kits throw up all sorts of issues
Start with the basics check earth quality
Some kits need booster relays on power side
Also start engine before you turn the headlights on they need a good voltage
if no luck then at this point you will have to swop parts side to side to find faulty part