Local help

[GreenyUK]

Anybody located in or around Bristol that is good with auto electrics that would kinda help me out, before I jump of the suspension bridge

I tried fitting after market projectors yesterday. When they were plugged in the was light ad mains did not work only sides and the 30% power on the headlight that these have.

So I have test with a multimeter at the head light multiplying and I'm getting just under 12v

All the fuses are ok too, and relays are clicking when they should.

Now to try and see it's a bad earth I rigged up some test wire, first just to test I put a straight live and earth from the battery to the bulb and it lit up brightly! Lol. So it be. Put the live pin on the bulb into the live connector on the multi plug and attached my direct earth to the earth pin on the bulb hoping it would work brightly, however it didn't??! It just did the same dull light.

So I'm at my wits end I don't understand why it's doing that if it has a direct earth to the battery and is plugged in to the
live of the multiplug which is getting just under 12v

My car is in bits as am I lol

[indigolemon]

I've played this game, I hated it. You'll find that your earth/live needs to be correct - I assume these lights don't have plugs so you're putting spades into the loom connectors? The dipped/high beam circuits are linked - as I eventually figured out. Get one +'ve and -'ve connection mixed up and you'll be in the place you are now. It's a game of trial and error man, start the swapping!

[GreenyUK]

Sorry I forgot to say, that after the after market lights didn't work I which your right mate didn't had a connector on just spades. I I'd all the swapping yesterday and still nothing.

I've also put the standard lights back on which were working an they are no the same! And the messing about described above was all with the standard lights.

[GreenyUK]

Also what is this


I know it has something to do with the lights as it was unplugged and nothing at all was working no side lights and no dim headlight. Untill I plugged it back in.

Just checked the wiring and it's terrible and open and corroded.. So maybe I've disturbed it and the bad wiring is coursing the problem?
I just don't know why that unit is or does?

[Gayno]

Looks like an HID ballast. Did you have HIDs in your standard headlights?

[GreenyUK]

No they are all standard. And this part I think is standard it's all connected with a standard loom. I've also sen them on eBay but they were no named as anything

[Gayno]

Hmm, then I really don't know. I run HIDs so don't know what the standard stuff looks like!

[GreenyUK]

no worries mate thanks for trying

[Gayno]

...and if only you'd asked a year ago I would've been able to help, but I moved from Bristol in July last year!

[GreenyUK]

ah great haha.

Well I've just cut out all the open an corroded wiring from that unit and repaired it all..... And....

Still no decking different!