Relay needed on HID conversion kit?
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I have an '02 GS300. I'm thinking about converting my ligts to HID. I've noticed that some people use relays and some don't. Is the relay necessary?
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On my other cars they comed eqipped with relays now in days, I have a kit on my pathy and on My brother In law Mustang both came with fuse for ...in my solara H4 bulb I made a relay because of the DRL ...but im going to disable that and prob get a Hi Low kit ....I use just a low for almost 2 years now no problem....
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How does a relay protect the circuit? Relays are nothing more than an electric high current switch. There is no fuse in them, nor any protection. If you want to protect a circuit, you need to fuse it correctly. If you are using the factory wire to turn on the relay, and you run a feed directly to the relay +12V side, you have effectively bypassed the factory fuse from protecting the HID kit. You should always fuse the +12V no higher than what is recommended for the kit you are using when using a relay as the supply and the factory switch to turn it on.
See above. Also, a relay will typically pass 30A, which is quite a bit of current. They should be fused to prevent anything from blowing up the system. Use the proper size fuse as recommended with your kit.
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See above. Also, a relay will typically pass 30A, which is quite a bit of current. They should be fused to prevent anything from blowing up the system. Use the proper size fuse as recommended with your kit.
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How does a relay protect the circuit? Relays are nothing more than an electric high current switch. There is no fuse in them, nor any protection. If you want to protect a circuit, you need to fuse it correctly. If you are using the factory wire to turn on the relay, and you run a feed directly to the relay +12V side, you have effectively bypassed the factory fuse from protecting the HID kit. You should always fuse the +12V no higher than what is recommended for the kit you are using when using a relay as the supply and the factory switch to turn it on.
See above. Also, a relay will typically pass 30A, which is quite a bit of current. They should be fused to prevent anything from blowing up the system. Use the proper size fuse as recommended with your kit.
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See above. Also, a relay will typically pass 30A, which is quite a bit of current. They should be fused to prevent anything from blowing up the system. Use the proper size fuse as recommended with your kit.
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big mack,
go into hidplanet.com and do your homework. a fused relay can protect the OEM circuit.
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I ordered a pair of 6000K from HID extra. I'll post some before and after pics when I get them installed. It's going to be my first mod on this car so do expect too much. Thanks for all of the helpful advice guys.
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