fuse blowed after 15 minutes after HID is turned on..

[notyboysn]

i got my hid kit today... was suppose to go into my jazz..but my car is not here till monday so we decided to put it in my friend's JEEP cherokee

everything turned out fine.. but after running it for about 15-20 minutes.. turned off everything...and went into kfc for dinner... after we came out... one of the hid died... so we drove home.. and after we poped the hood... the other hid died.. later we found out that both left and right side fuse for low beam died.

the car's head light is running on 10A fuse... any idea why this happened? and any idea how can this be fixed?

KDG Hid kit on H4.. low beam only.. there is NO high beam at all...

the initial solution that i can think of is using a bigger fuse.. but will it harm the circuit?

p/s: i know this isn on jazz but it was suppose to go on my jazz and it will be when it gets here so i am wondering if this will happen to my jazz.

moderator please feel free to move this thread. i din know which section of the technical thread this would fit. :(

[TypeG]

bigger fuse will help as some vehicles do need a bigger fuse to make HID work but for a jazz, u dun need that.

[notyboysn]

bigger fuse will help as some vehicles do need a bigger fuse to make HID work but for a jazz, u dun need that.

but if a bigger fused was used.. will it damage the wires? eg.. melting the cables...like after market halogens

[ACTI0NMAN-1]

but if a bigger fused was used.. will it damage the wires? eg.. melting the cables...like after market halogens

It is possible, but thats the risk you take when using aftermarket items. honda only designed the wiring for their items. I swapped out my fuse in the integra for the provided 60amp.

[Zimp13]

but if a bigger fused was used.. will it damage the wires? eg.. melting the cables...like after market halogens

chances of it happening is minimum....

[TypeG]

true coz HID actually produce less voltage than factory one. Try to use 30amp.

[notyboysn]

true coz HID actually produce less voltage than factory one. Try to use 30amp.

but they acctually uses alot of power during the start up of the blub.. after that they resume to thier nomal voltage...

i'l trying using 20amps on each side and see what's gonna happen...

[swat]

don't u need change to a porject light first ?? pop some pics thanks

[EK9]

i've seen ppl upgrade the wiring for the lights wen they get HIDs so they don't melt the cables... just a thought ;)

[Andys]

Dude - thats dodgy!

Maybe try taking it to an auto electrician? I personally would feel bad about going higher than 12 or 15 amp.. honda set the fuses at 10A for a reason.

You're scaring me - I changed my standard bulbs from 60W to 100W (not HID) and my fuses are fine. I wonder how much power your HID are actually drawing.

- Andrew

[jamchen]

don't u need change to a porject light first ?? pop some pics thanks

no you don't have to change to projector headlights... reflectors are fine with HIDs... take the example for GTR-34.. they are reflector and they come standard with HID.. or like the citrons... the C4 comes with HID where it has reflector housing...

[DLO01]

Fuses are there to blow sacrificially before you wiring melts. If you wiring melts somwhere have fun finding where it has melted. See and Auto Elec.

[notyboysn]

i've check the manual..it suggested 15A fuse for each side of the hid..the reason behind this is because hid draws alot of power then firing up the system. and it will only last for 3 seconds. then it will resume to the rated 35W

[dark138]

HID produces more voltage then halogens not less (thats everything after the ballisk and the bulb)

[jamchen]

that's why u need the ballast for the whole HID... but it definitely will only take 35W of power compare to regular 55w halogens...

[dark138]

yeh well power isn't voltage and vice versa

[TypeG]

HID produces more voltage then halogens not less (thats everything after the ballisk and the bulb)

so u talking about power or voltage then

[dark138]

voltage

[Zimp13]

i've seen ppl upgrade the wiring for the lights wen they get HIDs so they don't melt the cables... just a thought ;)

wat u mean by upgrade wiring? i have never seen anyone doing that when they put on the HID... if, i mean if, the cables melt then its not too late to change the wiring rite? i assume that wiring is cables.... i m just confused... :confused:

[Eddie_0]

I think EK9 means changing the stock headlight wires to suit the increase of amps that will be flowing through due to the HID kit.

Most cars normally only have 10amp fuses for the headlights, this definitely will not be enough to support HIDs because when the HID globes first turn on it will draw a lot more than 10 amps thus blowing the fuses. After the HID turns on and is stable the amount of voltage and amps needed to power it will drop below the value needed to power halogens.
Quick solution would be to change the fuses to larger ones able to withstand the amount of amps that will be flowing through during the starting phase.
Better solution would be to have a relay installed with the HID setup to draw power direct from the car battery.