today i remount my HID ballast and i just realize if any part of the ballast touch the car is will create a short (sparkle, lights come on), so i use duct tape wrapped my ballast and put the here. same as a member who posted on here before

i took the pic while i was searching, whoever owns the pic plz dont sue me


but the problem is he line on the left side (i think it's power steering line) get's really hot after driving a while at night, so i'm just wondering if duct tape can take the heat or not ? and is it good for ballast to sit there, that line will be really hot during the day time i think.

what do you people think ? will the duct tape take the heat ? should i leave it there?

sorry for my poor english

 

should take it fine.

 

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i dont know i'm kinda worry now, because i drove from my friend's house back home tonite, and it's only 15-20 mins drive and it's at night around 21c degree. but after i park the car and touch that line with my figer it actual kinda burns me.
wonder if it will be fine during a 30 degree daytime. hope it doesnt melt my duct tape.

and does anyone know that philips ballast ( any part of the ballast) conduct electricity? ballast touch any metal part of my car i can hear buzzz sound and see sparkle....

 

odd, mine makes the buzz, but no sparks...

 

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with the head lights off and touch right ? it will but sparks once the screws at each edge touch it, it will even turn on my lights

 

anyone ?

 

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Say wha??

 

It happened to me while I was doing my retrofit, found out that I had the ground/positive wires on backwards. Switch em and see what happens because the ballasts should not spark.

BTW-- nice picture

 

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BTW-- nice picture </TD></TR></TABLE>

i'm pretty sure it's right ! or it's my ballast getting screwed

 

The ballast casing is ground anyway. The only way it would spark is if you had the wires switched, or the ballast ground wire has an open/break.

 

maybe home depot has some kind of material similar to rad hoses that you can cut and wrap around the ballast

 

The is no reason for it to spark. i just have mine shoved in so they don't move. Never once did it spark.

 

mines around that area