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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 07:10 PM
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aite so i had a bad parasitic draw and kind of lost time at school and lack of acess to tools to diagnose the problem on my car and why the battery was dying. i took it to honda and they found that my hids were staying on not the light but the ballast itself when they would come on they would draw a huge amount of power and when off they whent to normal and if they did it again it would go up but when they turned them off the ballast would stay up there still this keeped going. what im trying to figure out is if i should replace the ballast itself of is there a way to make sure they turn off a friend told me that a relay couls maybe solve my problem thanks guys
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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If im not mistaking adding a relay would require some rewiring where both are connected to one of the oem plugs and its connected straight to the battery. If your fine with that go for it.
Or you can try the $10 ballast replacement from ebay. Thats what I'm using now and work just fine.
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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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try using regular bulbs? if it still stays on then you have something else to worry about.
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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What kind of HIDS are they? Most likely you have another problem because the balast can not draw power if its not being fed power. Follow me?
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 10:30 AM
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You didn't make it clear as to what the actual problem is.
My assumption is that your battery is going dead over night?!??!

Disconnect the ballasts completely and see if you are still having the problem.

If disconnecting fixes the problem, then post up a diagram or something showing EXACTLY how you have it wired up.
Since it's not 'stock' then it's impossible to help you at all without knowing how they are installed.
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 12:08 PM
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k ill do that and post it up and they are the xentec kit they are plug n play
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatRicerDaniel
What kind of HIDS are they? Most likely you have another problem because the balast can not draw power if its not being fed power. Follow me?
im with this guy here...
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