HID lights, new problem !

Bucky, 30 amps should be ample for 2 x 50 watt lights.(Pun intended) Does the sides change when you dip and go back to high beam again?

Sounds as if your relay may be faulty, maybe try a new one. Good luck. John

You do realise that those globes are illegal. If you get them going I hope that is not too long before you get nicked.

Have spent 2 hours hunting for the regs and cant find them.

From some informative posts on car forums it seems that that above 6000??? they are too blue and cant see as well with them.

Putting them in ordinary car headlights is a no no because the focal length of the bulb is different so they flare

The consensus of opinion is that you must have self levelling lights and washers on them.

The reason for the washers is because the purpose built assemblies are smaller and are required to be kept clean. An Email to the RTA would be the go for a definite answer.

The only page I could find with a regulation was from the UK but it said exactly what is being said here.

Everyone

I really do not care about ADR's, just a way to solve the problem
Yesterday was clean up day, with the wires. The wiring is all in split casing, and cable tied in neatly.

I went and purchased a second relay, and now run 2 separate systems to the Spotties.
Guess what ?
Same deal.......on off, left, right, nill.... bit of swearing.
My neighbour tells me that the one with the shortest wiring ( drivers side) fires just in front of the other.
Not sure if that helps anyone come up with an idea.

Another method may well be to run one driving light off each battery, thus ensuring both spotties get full blast power to fire them up.

Now Apparently genuine PhillipsHID's may need to wait 20-30 seconds or more before they can re-fire. ( not sure about that statement either )

Seems a bit poor to me, as my El-Cheepo H4's just flick up and down all day, but remember they are not turned off, just pull back into the the retaining head, and "shift focus" when I dip them.


Ah .....problems Problems ..

Cheers
Bucky

Bucky...............easy fix ...1relay per light1
.1power lead from battery per relay

When the fault occurs have you put a multi meter on the wiring to the ballasts to make sure they are getting power? I've got numerous spotties on mine and have wired them up so 1 relay powers 2 spotties and 2 relays are connected to 1 switch. I have 4 spotties all connected to the same battery so can't see that you need to worry about that side of it. Isolate the supply side by making sure you're getting at least 12.5volts to the ballasts, if yes move on to the ballasts. Like you said you could then swap the ballasts but if both lights have the same problem at different times I'd think that you may have a power supply issue. If the battery or alternator can't power the lights then there is an issue so connecting 1 light to each battery is only a bandaid fix. I've got 4 spots on the bullbar, 4 on the roof rack for offroad driving plus 2 hid flood lights out the side for camping and they can all be on at the same time without hurting the alternator or draining the batteries. That's 1 of the reasons we use hid's. Also my relays are 30amps and they can handle 2 100w halogens without a problem so 2 hid's should be a breeze. Are the headlights positive or negative switched?