hid's oem harness or battery supply?

[bigtallsam]

hi all,

thinking of some hid's but noticed soem kits advertised with or without relay harness' fed from battery

to those of you with hids installed, did you guys just feed of the original harness or fit one of these battery/relay harnes looms?

regards

sam


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[Qube]

OEM wiring harness, but check your connectors wiring to ensure that the wire isn't brittle or fraying. Any resistance going over aged wiring may cause problems (fire?) for you. Other than that, OEM harness and an upped fuse. That's it.

[Tiger]

OEM and change fuses to 15A... No problem for 5 years now.

[bigtallsam]

she's a late 1990

the wirings obviously old now but the loom to the headlights looks in good condition

thanks

sam

[bigtallsam]

i meant to ask

how long does it take for them to warm up?

thanks

sam

[Qube]

Check the wiring where it joins to the connector (at the bulb). It may be on the verge of breaking if flexed a bit.

Takes about 80 seconds to go to proper brightness/color.

[Tiger]

It takes about 10 seconds to get good light... It will be full brightness at about 40 seconds. I never timed it. Normal HID warmup. It doesn't matter how old because the current draw of normal bulb is 4A at the most... which is well under the rating of the existing wire.

HID may suck up 14A for brief period and then finally settle on about 3 amp draw... something like that... lower than regular bulb.

[bigtallsam]

cool, thanks for all the info guys - i'll double double check the original loom but think she'll be ok

regards

sam

[Paul in NZ]

so the fuse is uprated for the initial current draw?

[Tiger]

The original wire is thick enough for higher amperage... and yes, changing the fuse to 15A allows the HID to work.