Noise when new HIDs are on??

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Old 12-12-2010, 09:34 PM
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Carnage9: I tried sanding the connection points for the lights ground wires. Didn't work. It was just a plug in no splicing or extra wiring needed.

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Stock wire plugs into ballast then connections to hid bulb
 
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Old 12-12-2010, 09:48 PM
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So this is what happened today.
I pulled the wiper fuse out and turned on the lights. No noise.
Fuse back in turned on lights and yup noise again.

It was raining today and while the wipers were on no noise at all. The minute I turned the wipers off noise.

Camaro 69: said I should try running ground for lights directly to neg on battery; I assume I disconnect from frame first?
 
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Old 12-12-2010, 10:03 PM
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The ground from the hids not the wipers. Did it do it with regular bulbs?
 
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Old 12-12-2010, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Bandit 43
So this is what happened today.
I pulled the wiper fuse out and turned on the lights. No noise.
Fuse back in turned on lights and yup noise again.

It was raining today and while the wipers were on no noise at all. The minute I turned the wipers off noise.

Camaro 69: said I should try running ground for lights directly to neg on battery; I assume I disconnect from frame first?
I'm thinking he meant an additional ground!
 
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Old 12-12-2010, 10:39 PM
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Does not happen with regular bulbs.
Grounds are stock, there is one by each light. I know they are for lights b/c when I started removing light began to dim then went out when ground was disconnected.
 
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Old 12-12-2010, 10:45 PM
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Yes, I meant an additional ground wire as a test. Then if the noise and acting up wipers goes away, you know your existing factory ground in the plug isn't working well. Take it from there whether you want to find why your ground isn't solid, or run a new separate one.
 
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Old 12-12-2010, 10:54 PM
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Oh, oops. Ok, so I'm checking the ground from the plug got it. Thanks Hopefully i can check tomorrow, and let you guys know what happened.
Thanks for all the help.
 
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Do you have stock headlights? sounds like ****ty wiring. The wiring for the bulb should not be visible under the hood.
 
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Old 12-13-2010, 05:03 PM
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Ok, so first I wanna thank everyone for giving me their thoughts. I went back to where I picked up the HIDs and they couldn't believe what I was saying at first.
Turns out one of the ballasts were bad so they actually just gave me two new ballasts
Nice HIDs and no noise or feedback to wipers
 
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Old 12-13-2010, 05:09 PM
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Cool ii figured. Lots of time they are bad out the box. They are usually cheaply made oveseas.
 


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