07 GTB HID xenon light not working

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Re: 07 GTB HID xenon light not working

Postby champ » Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:13 pm

is that burnt marks on the inside of the cover?? :shock:
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Re: 07 GTB HID xenon light not working

Postby zch91 » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:09 pm

Bloody hell.. There's your problem!
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Re: 07 GTB HID xenon light not working

Postby ditts » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:27 pm

mmmmmmm look like the shit I deal with daily at work
5 hrs is a good effort of arsin about :wink:
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Re: 07 GTB HID xenon light not working

Postby dr20t » Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:54 pm

Tell me about it

No burn marks that's just rust !

Thankfully I had a spare one otherwise would've been up the creek

Thanks for your help gents

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Re: 07 GTB HID xenon light not working

Postby Ric » Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:03 pm

ditts wrote:check the resistance of your ballast
should be about 3 ohms for 50 watt power output using ohms law

How?
You can't just measure it like a resistor with a multimeter. It needs the full 12 volts at high current to operate correctly.
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