HID - 50w ballast and 35w bulb = ???
02-04-13, 12:23 PM
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HID - 50w ballast and 35w bulb = ???
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I bought a 50w h11 HID kit but the bulb i received happens to be 35w.
The customer rep says that he would be happy to change my 35w bulb to a 50w labeled bulb but stated that the ballast (being 50w) output is what dictates the bulb outputs
I know they will still work but is this true as I purchased 50w specifically? Also, if true, why do sites stipulate specifically between bulb outputs?
The site is hids-direct.co.uk
As always, any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Tom
I bought a 50w h11 HID kit but the bulb i received happens to be 35w.
The customer rep says that he would be happy to change my 35w bulb to a 50w labeled bulb but stated that the ballast (being 50w) output is what dictates the bulb outputs
I know they will still work but is this true as I purchased 50w specifically? Also, if true, why do sites stipulate specifically between bulb outputs?
The site is hids-direct.co.uk
As always, any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Tom
02-04-13, 12:27 PM
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Hi
I bought a 50w h11 HID kit but the bulb i received happens to be 35w.
The customer rep says that he would be happy to change my 35w bulb to a 50w labeled bulb but stated that the ballast (being 50w) output is what dictates the bulb outputs
I know they will still work but is this true as I purchased 50w specifically? Also, if true, why do sites stipulate specifically between bulb outputs?
The site is hids-direct.co.uk
As always, any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Tom
I bought a 50w h11 HID kit but the bulb i received happens to be 35w.
The customer rep says that he would be happy to change my 35w bulb to a 50w labeled bulb but stated that the ballast (being 50w) output is what dictates the bulb outputs
I know they will still work but is this true as I purchased 50w specifically? Also, if true, why do sites stipulate specifically between bulb outputs?
The site is hids-direct.co.uk
As always, any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Tom
Honestly, I would stick to a 35W kit.
02-04-13, 12:30 PM
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I know about the 55w but I have purchased from the company before and the lights were excellent.
I did want a 55w kit but as they only had 50w, I was happy to go with that
I did want a 55w kit but as they only had 50w, I was happy to go with that
02-04-13, 01:38 PM
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Not from CL but still may help:
http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=146090
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lig...-low-hids.html
http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=146090
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lig...-low-hids.html
02-04-13, 03:53 PM
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Why go with 50/55w? From what i've seen, a lot of people actually run into issues when running 55w HID's instead of 35w HID's (i.e. overheating the housing and melting/burning it). I would just run 35w. 50/55w is too bright anyways. Headlight itself isn't designed to properly concentrate light from anything higher. I'm assuming the factory bulbs for the UK IS is also 35w here though.
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