HID problem :(

[Travis]

I noticed a problem with my HID's the other night. I have the £40 ebay set which has proved popular with a lot of members on here. For those of you that have them, you will know that when you first turn them on they take a few seconds to "warm up". Well on one side, the light gets brighter and brighter as it "warms up" as usual, but then when at peak brightness it cuts out, and won't come on until it's been off for a while and has to warm up again.
Anyone have any clues?
I'm guessing ballast problems, if anyone wants to sell me a spare one so I can swap it over that might help.

Thanks

 

[RpR]

Yup, prolly a dead ballast. Try swapping the ballast around and see if the problem follows the ballast in question.

 

[Travis]

ahh the obvious idea

I'll give it a shot. If that is the problem can single ballasts be bought?

 

[Aimez]

They not got any warranty on them or have you had them too long now? Surely if it's just broken they can take a look and replace it if faulty?

 

[Travis]

They aren't dealer fit or anything, I got them on ebay, so no warranty unless a man from Hong Kong wants to come over and fix them up for me

I never heard of any other people have problems with them, and I don't want to be re-fitting the standards just yet...

 

[Aimez]

I have warranty on my HIDs4u ones they are after market you get warranty on nearly everything these days. You can usually send the faulty one off and they will look at it and replace it.

 

[Nath.]

Yep, HIDS Direct give a years warrenty on all their kits and I happen to know that their replacement service is second to none

 

[Travis]

Mine are the ones supplied by diane-shop. And it seems there is actually an 18 month warranty where I can send back any defective part and it will be replaced immediately.. I guess I had better get a package ready for Hong Kong... Once I have checked that it is actually the ballast of course.

Thanks anyway guys, just wondered if anyone had had similar problems and there was an easy fix, and I never thought there would be warranty but there we go.

 

[Travis]

By the way, I never did send my ballast back to get fixed or anything. It just started working again a few days later and it's all back to normal.

 

[Aimez]

cool dodgy connection maybe some dirt got in

 

[bizzaboy]

I noticed a problem with my HID's the other night. I have the £40 ebay set which has proved popular with a lot of members on here............

Thanks

Months ago I was in a (heated?) discussion regarding the differences between a cheap EBay sub £100 kit and a premium £200+ HID Kit that I have. I was 'told' there's NO difference between the Two!

It was only a matter of time........

Now that we are into the winter months and the dark nights have drawn in, the cheaper kits have (already!) begun to suffer, as they are being used for longer hours/more frequently. Bulbs blowing/ballasts failing.

Anyway, Travis, if the symptoms do persist, try swapping the suspect Ballast unit to the other side (other light) and see if the symptoms 'move' - then you really will know if that 1 ballast IS faulty.

 

[Nath.]

Maybe the place you have mounted the ballast does not allow the heat to escape too well?
Now that the weather is cooler the problem has gone away.

 

[Travis]

if anything, it was the colder weather that made it fail so I'm not sure. I think it was just a connection because if I took it out and wobbled it, it worked fine.
Anyway, still got enough warranty so if it goes again I'll send it back.