HIDs installed turned on for a few seconds and then died ..

[Bweixz]

So i just installed my H7, 55W HID lights from ddmtuning. It took a good amount of time... when i was testing it out it was perfectly fine until once i had the whole bike together the light would not turn on at all.. not sure if it just blew up or what..

[LannyNguyen]

Take it apart and check again. Loose wires and all. If not, your battery died.

[Bweixz]

i did still not turning on, i dont think its the batter because it starts up fine :S im thinking if it could be dual 55W bulbs being too much.. but stock bulbs are both 55W so i'm just confused..

[DJM]

Start-up amperage for the HID ballasts are higher. You may have smoked or popped something. I'm not familiar with the wiring on a Ninja 250. Does the headlight power go through the handlebar switch? I know some bikes fried the switch using higher amperage.

[jeffjones]

Check your fuses if your using 55W ballasts. I believe if you start your bike with both on you will pop a 10A fuse as they pull about 6A each on Start up.

[Razorsythe]

Run new power lines to the ballasts.

[toysareforboys]

Check your fuses if your using 55W ballasts. I believe if you start your bike with both on you will pop a 10A fuse as they pull about 6A each on Start up.

This is correct

I would pick up a wiring harness for your HID kits. Avoid DDM in the future.

The harness will take ALL of the load off your factory headlight wires, it just uses them as a trigger. It will come with a 15A fuse, and much thicker wire so you will get less voltage drop when the HID's try and fire. As has been said:

1. Try to avoid turning them both on at the same time. Low beam always to start, wait until the bulb is warmed up (15 seconds) then click the highbeam on.
2. Avoid "hot re-strikes". Do your headlights turn on as soon as you turn the key on, or only when the bike is started? If they turn on when the key is on, there is something special you'll have to do every time you start the bike.

-Jamie M.

[chiller]

Check your fuses if your using 55W ballasts. I believe if you start your bike with both on you will pop a 10A fuse as they pull about 6A each on Start up.

I'm thinking this is happening, you could either run the separate wires to power it up, OR you could just go to the 35w units, they probably won't blow your fuses...

do you really need 55w units ?

[kamikaze]

Jamie hit the nail on the head. Get a wire harness. Problem with most harnesses is that they are designed for cars and only have 1 relay, for the ninja 250 you'll need 2 relays. I modded the harness that i got from ddm to add a second relay. The stock fuse is only 10A, if you fired both the low and high at the same time I'll pretty well guarantee you blew the fuse.

[Bweixz]

Jamie hit the nail on the head. Get a wire harness. Problem with most harnesses is that they are designed for cars and only have 1 relay, for the ninja 250 you'll need 2 relays. I modded the harness that i got from ddm to add a second relay. The stock fuse is only 10A, if you fired both the low and high at the same time I'll pretty well guarantee you blew the fuse.

As you can clearly tell..i am eletrically challenged so i need to install this http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/HI...Wiring-Harness harness and wire it directly off the battery? and somehow mod it? how difficult is it to add a second relay o.o? This means even if the lights are warmed up i shouldn't turn on the high beam otherwise the fuse will bow again right

[kamikaze]

As you can clearly tell..i am eletrically challenged so i need to install this http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/HI...Wiring-Harness harness and wire it directly off the battery? and somehow mod it? how difficult is it to add a second relay o.o? This means even if the lights are warmed up i shouldn't turn on the high beam otherwise the fuse will bow again right

if you're electrically challenged, your best bet may be to get 2 motorcycle specific relay harnesses, one for the low and one for the high. Unless you have decent soldering skills, an extra relay and relay socket, and some heatshrink tubing laying around you might find it more troublesome than it's worth to mod the DDM harness as it's designed for cars.