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HID - Water in connector :( Fail......
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Lewis1304
PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:17 pm Up
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Got home today, went to pop shop for my dad and 1 bulb wouldnt turn on, banged headlight still nothing, checked the connections and 1 of them had corroded due to water, so basically I need a new bulb and a new ballast....

Anyways, is there any way of safeguarding against this happening in the future?

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Electrical tape them up to the nuts.
 
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Spade connectors with insulator on, electric tape etc if it's on the plug. If it's because water has got in the headlight from the hole needed to fit wires through drill them out to an appropriate size and buy a rubber grommet with a small enough hole to be a decent size fit on the wire, should help somewhat compared to a large gap.
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Lewis1304
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LOL Hid Idiot Razz I wouldnt have a car without them now... My scooby has morettes with them too Smile

I will electrical tape them... anyone know where I can get some quick in the coventry area?

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Asda.. Tesco, anywhere really Smile
 
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I mean HIDs not the tape, sorry dude Smile
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Why dont you just clean up the corroded'ness and rewire?
 
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Lewis1304
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The connector has gone.... not even a pin left....
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You been going through puddles or something.
 
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I try to avoid... more than likely the snow we had...it was playing up for a while! ow well Smile think Im going to go autotronics in leicester and see if they have a single bulb too Smile

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Cut and join them

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I would love to Addaz, however the ballast has no connector to join to. Looks like a new ballast at least, might try cleaning out the bulb connector with a pin or something....

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So where is the rotted connector? At the ballast end?

If it is inbetween where the ballast connects to bulb, snip both connectors on and replace?

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Its The actual ballast that rotted Sad I will get pics:)
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