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06-08-07, 09:53 AM
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Obviously I am biased...
However, the problem with ebay is that most people leave positive feedback once they received the product. If there is a problem several months down the road you will never know about it as you cannot change the feedback once it has been placed.
Steve
However, the problem with ebay is that most people leave positive feedback once they received the product. If there is a problem several months down the road you will never know about it as you cannot change the feedback once it has been placed.
Steve
06-09-07, 05:49 PM
#10
Here's a full report on the research I've personally done.
I've done extensive testing on many kits from China, Germany, and Taiwan including Philips, McCulloch, Tech One, HID Cool, Goldeneye, Klight, and Bosch.
My stress test requirements:
1) The ballasts have to be rubber injected. This helps to ensure the ballasts can soak in a bucket of water for days and still run with no issues. Not only that but it ensures electronic parts inside will not get jostled around during rough driving conditions. Of course, I don't expect you guys to outfit your personal submarines with hid kits but there isn't much harsher of a test than going underwater. The Philips kit failed this test, as did the Bosch kit. I don't happen to have pictures of the Bosch kit but here is the Philips kit.
The protective cover:
2) Wire harness must provide power from battery to ballasts. For safety reasons, I do not believe ballasts should connect directly to your headlight plug for power. The IDEAL way is to have the headlight plug trigger a relay and the relay then sends power to the ballasts. All kits including the McCulloch kit failed this test except for the Philips kit but the Philips kit is not rubber injected.
3) Good quality wiring. I have seen some kits that have really thin gauge wires and cheap looming that you would be ashamed to put on a go-kart. All but the Philips kit had crap wires. The Philips kit actually provided a wiring harness that had 2 ground.
4) All in one ballasts. This means, no external ignitors. The McCulloch kit failed this test.
5) Universal connections with Philips and most ballast manufacturers. That means the ballasts will connect with the most common wire harness. McCulloch failed this test and the rest of the kits failed by not even having a wire harness included.
Hope that helps guys.
Clifford
I've done extensive testing on many kits from China, Germany, and Taiwan including Philips, McCulloch, Tech One, HID Cool, Goldeneye, Klight, and Bosch.
My stress test requirements:
1) The ballasts have to be rubber injected. This helps to ensure the ballasts can soak in a bucket of water for days and still run with no issues. Not only that but it ensures electronic parts inside will not get jostled around during rough driving conditions. Of course, I don't expect you guys to outfit your personal submarines with hid kits but there isn't much harsher of a test than going underwater. The Philips kit failed this test, as did the Bosch kit. I don't happen to have pictures of the Bosch kit but here is the Philips kit.
The protective cover:
2) Wire harness must provide power from battery to ballasts. For safety reasons, I do not believe ballasts should connect directly to your headlight plug for power. The IDEAL way is to have the headlight plug trigger a relay and the relay then sends power to the ballasts. All kits including the McCulloch kit failed this test except for the Philips kit but the Philips kit is not rubber injected.
3) Good quality wiring. I have seen some kits that have really thin gauge wires and cheap looming that you would be ashamed to put on a go-kart. All but the Philips kit had crap wires. The Philips kit actually provided a wiring harness that had 2 ground.
4) All in one ballasts. This means, no external ignitors. The McCulloch kit failed this test.
5) Universal connections with Philips and most ballast manufacturers. That means the ballasts will connect with the most common wire harness. McCulloch failed this test and the rest of the kits failed by not even having a wire harness included.
Hope that helps guys.
Clifford
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