Little help for my car?

[BP-Revo]

Hmm, I think I'm better off asking this here than on the car forum I'm on, given with you two (squee and Brian) I have an electronics expert and a car guy in the same spot.

Anyway, I have HID headlights on my car, and a standard dual filament halogen bulb that takes care of fog lights/high beams (I'm talking about my G35, FYI). I want to get an HID kit to replace the fog/high beam light, and I was planning to run a "wiring harness" (I'm pretty sure it's a relay). Do you know if the bulbs will have flickering issues?

Sorry for the the threadjack squee...

I think Brian is right about the switch. They probably did that so you can choose whether the LED has power when the switch is on or if it is off.

[squeeforever]

Thanks Brian! That helps ALOT.

I tested it like you said, and figured it out.
I looked EXTREMELY close, and actually, the C1 (labeled C1 since the blanks are labeled C2, NO2, NC2) is closest to the cathode side for the LED.
What ohm resister will I need for a white LED?
And last question, how would you wire it up to have the LED on only when the switch is on? It doesn't seem to light up regardless using the C1 and NO1 or NC2.

Originally Posted by BP-Revo

Hmm, I think I'm better off asking this here than on the car forum I'm on, given with you two (squee and Brian) I have an electronics expert and a car guy in the same spot.

Anyway, I have HID headlights on my car, and a standard dual filament halogen bulb that takes care of fog lights/high beams (I'm talking about my G35, FYI). I want to get an HID kit to replace the fog/high beam light, and I was planning to run a "wiring harness" (I'm pretty sure it's a relay). Do you know if the bulbs will have flickering issues?

Sorry for the the threadjack squee...

I think Brian is right about the switch. They probably did that so you can choose whether the LED has power when the switch is on or if it is off.

No problem on the threadjack man.

As for the HID's, what kind of bulb is it? There aren't to many dual filaments that I can think off. H4 being one of them.

[BP-Revo]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

Thanks Brian! That helps ALOT.

I tested it like you said, and figured it out.
I looked EXTREMELY close, and actually, the C1 (labeled C1 since the blanks are labeled C2, NO2, NC2) is closest to the cathode side for the LED.
What ohm resister will I need for a white LED?
And last question, how would you wire it up to have the LED on only when the switch is on? It doesn't seem to light up regardless using the C1 and NO1 or NC2.



No problem on the threadjack man.

As for the HID's, what kind of bulb is it? There aren't to many dual filaments that I can think off. H4 being one of them.

It's an H4 bulb for the Fog/High's. The factory low beam is a D2R (but obviously that'll stay as is).

From what I could find on my research, it's a single filament bulb and switching from low to high (in my case, fog to high) just adjusts a metal shield that alters the beam output. (I'm speaking of the HID's - obvious the stock halogen bulb is dual filament).

I just always read of people having issues with HID's flickering and not turning on and what not, and was wondering if having a relay would prevent this? I'm assuming it would since it would allow direct power draw from the battery, and therefore would not be limited to the power provided by the factory harness.