ok so i installed my 4500k? H3 yellow HID's into my fogs which had hallogens....i installed them, they turned on and looked like SEX! i drove with them for that whole day, well night by the time i was done with the install...they turned off and on no problem, then i go home turn the car off come out like 2 hours later turn them on and they fire then DIE!!!!

i thought it was the HID's like the ballast or something but i wired them straight to the batter to check and they lit up..so i check the harness in the engine bay/front bumper i have NOOOO power what so ever.....i look at the switch i still have it lit up so i power to that......IS THERE A FUSE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BLEW???? maybe the relay? but i dont remember installing it, even though it wasin the box.

PLEASE HELP a brother out!!

 

did you check the fuse under the dash? or do you have your fogs wired there?

 

well i would sugest upgrading your fog light wiring!

most likely it blew a fuse......

with a relay and a inline fuse and some larger wiring and such you can wire up the HID ballasts seperate from the stock wiring.

that way they can pull all the power they need all day long while still working from the stock wiring/switch.


http://www.the12volt.com/relays/page5.asp#rtol

Using a 30 amp SPDT relay, connect terminal #87 to constant 12 volts positive with a fuse rated to the sum of the additional accessories you've added and the components you need to turn on. (If you have two fans rated at 5 amps each and a neon light rated at 10 amps, you would use a 20 amp fuse plus 200 ma for each amplifier and processor.) Connect terminal #85 to ground, terminal #86 to the remote turn on wire from the head unit, and terminal #30 to each accessory with an appropriate fuse. A fuse (not shown) could also be used between the output of the relay (#30) and the remote turn on wire of the amplifiers and/or processors for extra precaution.



REALY SIMPLE,
first GROUND the HID ballast to the vehicle. dont use the factory ground wiring! its to small and old...

conect the relays 86prong terminal to the FACTORY fog light power wire from the factory harness. and hook up the 30prong terminal to the HID BALLAST POWER WIRE.
now for the main wiring, either from the fuse box or the batterys POWER SOURCE wire the INLINE FUSE close to that terminal to prevent a short/fireball death to the car and run the other wire from the INLINE FUSE to the relay where ever you want it.






now not EVERY HID kit will need the wiring upgrading BUT its a nice precaution! that way you know the HIDs will have enough power and SHOULD be trouble free wiring.

 

damn i really wish i was as good as you addiction, with electronics..........i really appreciate the input, ill try it this weekend if its not 20 degrees out

 

well ive just done some things from time to time... just keep your wires away from moving parts and hot parts and it should be fine. then your factory foglight switch will only use alittle power to activate the relay and all the power will be pulled from the relay and the battery directly.

you can also do PREATY much the same thing with ANOTHER relay and fuse and wires and you can wire up your headlights specialy also.......
BUT ONLY ON PROJECTORS!!!!!! the bulbs must be seperate from each other....
if you try it on dual filement bulbs they will look good for about 10mins before the bulbs BLOW UP.LOL learned that the hard way on my old crx! but for projectors with 2 different bulbs this mod works great!

if you run the relay/fuse the same way as described above as well BUT this time wire in the REMOTE TURN ON LEAD to the HIGH beam power wire and then run the OUTPUT wire terminal to the LOW beam on the headlights. and let me tell you it helps ALOT to have all 4 headlights ON on a dark back road.....
and with them wired up like that then when you turn on your HIGH beams it will turn all 4 headlights on.