PURVIE Sexy Member Donating Members 524 Member For: 18y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: Berwick, VIC Posted 08/05/11 05:19 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 05:19 AM Hey Guys!It's been a while! I recently picked up a brand new G6ET and installed a HID kit. It worked perfectly for 3 months and during the week the drivers side stopped working. Did a bit of troubleshooting, replaced the globes, wiring and turns out it was a ballast problem. I replaced it and it worked fine until the next day the replacement ballast blew out. I have been through 3 ballasts now and while driving yesterday the dash popped up with 'headlight fault' There is no issue with the passenger side and the fuses are still in tact. I have gone back to standard halogen globes today, no problem as yet.Any ideas?It's good to be back Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/74723-hids-ballasts-blowing-out/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 08/05/11 08:09 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 08:09 AM Did it blow the fuse first ??? Or are they Chinese cheap ones off Ebay.I went through a few on my bike. Turns out they don't like any sort of moisture. Even high humidity stuffs them. The ballasts that is. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/74723-hids-ballasts-blowing-out/#findComment-1104020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy Massive Tool Donating Members 567 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Posted 08/05/11 08:57 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 08:57 AM Im assuming that most kits are the same and think that you have a bad earth on the drivers side. The ballast creates an extremly high voltage when starting and a bad earth will damage or blow your ballast. The kits that we sell clearly explain this in the instructions. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/74723-hids-ballasts-blowing-out/#findComment-1104041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMURF6 Jamie Donating Members 380 Member For: 16y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Maroubra, Sydney, NSW Posted 08/05/11 09:19 AM Share Posted 08/05/11 09:19 AM Ok this has happenend to me on my cars except my dads merc. Ive used the same hid kit, all same brand ballasts and globes. With my FG F6 I noticed on auto lights they would blow when I start my car. To fix it you need a time delay kit for hid's. About $40.If using them on manual mode they don't blow unless you start your engine while the lights are on. Most german cars have a built in delay feature. Hope that helps Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/74723-hids-ballasts-blowing-out/#findComment-1104052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PURVIE Sexy Member Donating Members 524 Member For: 18y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: Berwick, VIC Posted 10/05/11 01:14 PM Author Share Posted 10/05/11 01:14 PM Thanks for be replies guys. I will go and buy a set of time delay\canceling capacitors and get a new HID kit, will report back with results. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/74723-hids-ballasts-blowing-out/#findComment-1104843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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