HDI lights

[Old Painless]

If its turning on and then turning itself off of its own accord, it must be broken ? The ballast must be duff.

[dr_46]

everything is wired right they just dim down after 10 seconds or so this shit is driving me bonkers

[Old Painless]

Its broken. Buy cheap - buy twice comes to mind. Not that it is very helpful in this situation.

If your not turning it off and it goes off by itself once the lamp is struck, what else could it be ?

[dr_46]

f**K me u are probably right its probably the ballast the ebay store has not replied to my 4 emails..i want a working replacement of a refund but i have chopped some cables to suite my bike...this shit only happens to me

[Old Painless]

If its plug and play why are the cables cut ?

[dr_46]

the ground and positive are cut to suite

[Old Painless]

I thought that after i posted, makes sense.

Buy one made in England, you know that one will work !

[dr_46]

i dont know what i did to the ballas but i opened it and closed it up and it works.....now because i have 2 of them going at once it drains my baterry can anyone help?

[porndoguk]

i dont know what i did to the ballas but i opened it and closed it up and it works.....now because i have 2 of them going at once it drains my baterry can anyone help?

i really think you have duff balasts there pal,

once ignited discharge lighting uses less current and power than a standard incandescent halogen lamp,

so unless you battery and reg/rec and alternator arnt up to the job id hazzard a guess to say the ballast is a dud.

id consider buying a better set, i briefly read through this just, and judging by the buzzing sound you mentioned id guess they arent filtered and therefore will cause massive interferance with other peoples radios etc, and some occasions mobile phones, and the cheap ones tend to be crap on bumps! ive been there.

hope this helps a little