NEED SERIOUS HELP!!
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NEED SERIOUS HELP!!
i apologize for the length of this topic, but please take a few minutes to read this, i really need help BAD.
ok so me and my neighbor were installing windshield wiper nozzle lights on my 05 civic. we cut the red and black wire for the driving light in the left headlight and tangled the negative and positive back together separately with the corresponding wires from the led and sealed it with heat shrink tubes. at first the led didnt work, so we went to redo the tangling and heat shrink and this time the led worked. but now, the driving light was much dimmer than wut 6000k is suppose to look like. and wen i turned on the high beams, they didnt look very bright and the led + the driving light goes off. so i tested the right headlight by simply taking out the bulb from the socket, put the exposed wire from the led into the socket where the prongs of the bulb are suppose to be, and replaced the bulb. and everything worked the way its suppose to. now we go over back to the left headlight and took off the heat shrink for the second time. and by now, my electrical is beginning to mess up. all the lights in the right headlights are dimmer, all but the corner light in my left headlight dont work at all, my windows roll up slowly, my speedometer dims back and forth wenever i press something, my radio works only wen i have my key in and clicked over once, and my engine wont start.... it jus makes a rapid clicking sound. please help me... i dont kno wut to do
ok so me and my neighbor were installing windshield wiper nozzle lights on my 05 civic. we cut the red and black wire for the driving light in the left headlight and tangled the negative and positive back together separately with the corresponding wires from the led and sealed it with heat shrink tubes. at first the led didnt work, so we went to redo the tangling and heat shrink and this time the led worked. but now, the driving light was much dimmer than wut 6000k is suppose to look like. and wen i turned on the high beams, they didnt look very bright and the led + the driving light goes off. so i tested the right headlight by simply taking out the bulb from the socket, put the exposed wire from the led into the socket where the prongs of the bulb are suppose to be, and replaced the bulb. and everything worked the way its suppose to. now we go over back to the left headlight and took off the heat shrink for the second time. and by now, my electrical is beginning to mess up. all the lights in the right headlights are dimmer, all but the corner light in my left headlight dont work at all, my windows roll up slowly, my speedometer dims back and forth wenever i press something, my radio works only wen i have my key in and clicked over once, and my engine wont start.... it jus makes a rapid clicking sound. please help me... i dont kno wut to do
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Re: NEED SERIOUS HELP!! (joeym415)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by joeym415 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i apologize for the length of this topic, but please take a few minutes to read this, i really need help BAD.
ok so me and my neighbor were installing windshield wiper nozzle lights on my 05 civic. we cut the red and black wire for the driving light in the left headlight and tangled the negative and positive back together separately with the corresponding wires from the led and sealed it with heat shrink tubes. at first the led didnt work, so we went to redo the tangling and heat shrink and this time the led worked. but now, the driving light was much dimmer than wut 6000k is suppose to look like. and wen i turned on the high beams, they didnt look very bright and the led + the driving light goes off. so i tested the right headlight by simply taking out the bulb from the socket, put the exposed wire from the led into the socket where the prongs of the bulb are suppose to be, and replaced the bulb. and everything worked the way its suppose to. now we go over back to the left headlight and took off the heat shrink for the second time. and by now, my electrical is beginning to mess up. all the lights in the right headlights are dimmer, all but the corner light in my left headlight dont work at all, my windows roll up slowly, my speedometer dims back and forth wenever i press something, my radio works only wen i have my key in and clicked over once, and my engine wont start.... it jus makes a rapid clicking sound. please help me... i dont kno wut to do </TD></TR></TABLE>
It does sound like your battery might need to be replaced.... or it was drained somehow... have you tried jumping your car?
but the thing is.. those led washer lights.. should not be wired in with the headlights.
Headlights are a very heavy electrical load... and by the sounds of how you hooked it all up.. the resistance in the wire jumped up because you did a shitty job wiring it all together.
you need to solder all of your connections! then heatshrink them... and when you solder the connections make sure the wire absorbs it all, so that when u look at the wire.. u can see each individual strand surrounded by the solder.
The led washer things, should be wired to a wire with a lower load.. those are your parking lights or turn signals.
The parking lights come on the first click of the light stick.
Modified by bpr0422 at 10:35 AM 11/8/2007
ok so me and my neighbor were installing windshield wiper nozzle lights on my 05 civic. we cut the red and black wire for the driving light in the left headlight and tangled the negative and positive back together separately with the corresponding wires from the led and sealed it with heat shrink tubes. at first the led didnt work, so we went to redo the tangling and heat shrink and this time the led worked. but now, the driving light was much dimmer than wut 6000k is suppose to look like. and wen i turned on the high beams, they didnt look very bright and the led + the driving light goes off. so i tested the right headlight by simply taking out the bulb from the socket, put the exposed wire from the led into the socket where the prongs of the bulb are suppose to be, and replaced the bulb. and everything worked the way its suppose to. now we go over back to the left headlight and took off the heat shrink for the second time. and by now, my electrical is beginning to mess up. all the lights in the right headlights are dimmer, all but the corner light in my left headlight dont work at all, my windows roll up slowly, my speedometer dims back and forth wenever i press something, my radio works only wen i have my key in and clicked over once, and my engine wont start.... it jus makes a rapid clicking sound. please help me... i dont kno wut to do
</TD></TR></TABLE>It does sound like your battery might need to be replaced.... or it was drained somehow... have you tried jumping your car?
but the thing is.. those led washer lights.. should not be wired in with the headlights.
Headlights are a very heavy electrical load... and by the sounds of how you hooked it all up.. the resistance in the wire jumped up because you did a shitty job wiring it all together.
you need to solder all of your connections! then heatshrink them... and when you solder the connections make sure the wire absorbs it all, so that when u look at the wire.. u can see each individual strand surrounded by the solder.
The led washer things, should be wired to a wire with a lower load.. those are your parking lights or turn signals.
The parking lights come on the first click of the light stick.
Modified by bpr0422 at 10:35 AM 11/8/2007
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Re: NEED SERIOUS HELP!! (joeym415)
yup.. solder them and heat shrink them..
cause what you did was sorta just twisted them together... and then heatsrink them..
there is still alot of air.. and the contacts are not really good...
if you put it back to stock.. then jump the car.... and let the battery charge.. it might be all good..
unless you have fully drained your battery more than 3 times... if that is the case.. then a new battery would be a good idea.
make sure you do a good soldering job on it...
for tips, check out cause for alarm in the security section: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1922081
The battery could've drained due to a short somewhere... that could've been created when u cut the wires or something..
cause what you did was sorta just twisted them together... and then heatsrink them..
there is still alot of air.. and the contacts are not really good...
if you put it back to stock.. then jump the car.... and let the battery charge.. it might be all good..
unless you have fully drained your battery more than 3 times... if that is the case.. then a new battery would be a good idea.
make sure you do a good soldering job on it...
for tips, check out cause for alarm in the security section: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1922081
The battery could've drained due to a short somewhere... that could've been created when u cut the wires or something..
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Re: NEED SERIOUS HELP!! (bpr0422)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bpr0422 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yup.. solder them and heat shrink them..
cause what you did was sorta just twisted them together... and then heatsrink them..
there is still alot of air.. and the contacts are not really good...
if you put it back to stock.. then jump the car.... and let the battery charge.. it might be all good..
unless you have fully drained your battery more than 3 times... if that is the case.. then a new battery would be a good idea.
make sure you do a good soldering job on it...
for tips, check out cause for alarm in the security section: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1922081
The battery could've drained due to a short somewhere... that could've been created when u cut the wires or something..</TD></TR></TABLE>
i jus got back from the service shop and they said theres a bad ground behind the bumper. ill check it out myself cuz they wanted $160 for it
cause what you did was sorta just twisted them together... and then heatsrink them..
there is still alot of air.. and the contacts are not really good...
if you put it back to stock.. then jump the car.... and let the battery charge.. it might be all good..
unless you have fully drained your battery more than 3 times... if that is the case.. then a new battery would be a good idea.
make sure you do a good soldering job on it...
for tips, check out cause for alarm in the security section: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1922081
The battery could've drained due to a short somewhere... that could've been created when u cut the wires or something..</TD></TR></TABLE>
i jus got back from the service shop and they said theres a bad ground behind the bumper. ill check it out myself cuz they wanted $160 for it
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