HID Conversion Issues

[dmnknightomega6]

Okay.

I bought a Ebay HID Ballast KIT complete with everything ya need.

Pliugged it in. nada.

Tried it on my brothers Accord. Worked Fine. My bulbs still worked fine.
Tried in on A Celica. Worked Fine.
Tapped it directly to the SVX Battery. Worked Fine.
Took out the plugs, Soldered the harness. Nada

Voltage Reading on The Battery to power Supply -- 12.13
Supply - ballast - bulb plug - 0.0

WTF is going on. I am at wits end here.......

Thanks in advance.

[b3lha]

I don't know if this will help you, but the SVX front lights are earth-switched, which is not like most other cars - so you may have to do the wiring differently.

[dmnknightomega6]

earth switched? what in the world is that?

thanks

maybe the grounding is different

[ZMan]

Earth is another term for ground. Earth switched means positive is always supplied to the headlight - when you switch on the lights you are completing ground.

[mohrds]

You have to reverse the pins on the 9006 connector for them to work. It is pretty easy if you've worked with pins before.

Some ballasts work with either polarity, some don't.

Doug

[dmnknightomega6]

Reverse Pins: Switch the [positive terminals to Negative and vice versa?

Do i need to rewire due to the earth grounding?

Someone please explain the difference or illustrate the difference in wiring to other cars

[lilbrudder]

hey i just bought an ebay hid kit too. i was also stumped for about 30 mintes when i tried to plug and play but nothing happened. yeah, they're right the positive and negitive are backwards is what i figured out. it was a 1 minute fix though, the plug that goes into the ballast from the car, i flipped around(just had to cut off 2 little plastic snaps) and wallah, works perfect. not too sure if this is the electrically corect way but my light see 3 times further now!

[mohrds]

Originally Posted by lilbrudder

hey i just bought an ebay hid kit too. i was also stumped for about 30 mintes when i tried to plug and play but nothing happened. yeah, they're right the positive and negitive are backwards is what i figured out. it was a 1 minute fix though, the plug that goes into the ballast from the car, i flipped around(just had to cut off 2 little plastic snaps) and wallah, works perfect. not too sure if this is the electrically corect way but my light see 3 times further now!

Electrically correct. However removing the snaps may lead to the plug becoming loose. If I remember correctly, there is a retension ring on the plug and the pins are held in with a spring tab. The come out pretty easy once you look closely at it.

The issue is that before HIDs, there was no positive vs. negative concern for filament bulbs so the factory could do them however they saw fit. It really has nothing to do with the earth switching, the earth switching requires less wire than the older, positive switched lights so it was a cost saving measure.

Normal 9006 filament bulbs will work perfectly with the pins reversed so removing the HIDs before a sale and putting regular bulbs back in will be no problem.

Doug

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by mohrds

Electrically correct. However removing the snaps may lead to the plug becoming loose. If I remember correctly, there is a retension ring on the plug and the pins are held in with a spring tab. The come out pretty easy once you look closely at it.

The issue is that before HIDs, there was no positive vs. negative concern for filament bulbs so the factory could do them however they saw fit. It really has nothing to do with the earth switching, the earth switching requires less wire than the older, positive switched lights so it was a cost saving measure.

Normal 9006 filament bulbs will work perfectly with the pins reversed so removing the HIDs before a sale and putting regular bulbs back in will be no problem.

Doug

Doug,
The only good language is a dead language?
-Bill

[mohrds]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

Doug,
The only good language is a dead language?
-Bill

Latine loqui coactus sum

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by mohrds

Latine loqui coactus sum

I really don't want to hear about your compulsions
-Bill

[mohrds]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

I really don't want to hear about your compulsions
-Bill

Ventis secundis, tene cursum

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by mohrds

Ventis secundis, tene cursum

Always!

Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem


-Bill

[mohrds]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

Always!

Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem


-Bill

That is the dumbest peice of wisdom I have ever received

Cogito sumere potum alterum

[dmnknightomega6]

Therefore:

If I reverse the polarity, It really does not matter. It will solve all my problems. I will try this by the week end

thanks guys!!

Veritas Libris
(just to get into the spirit)