So I took apart my Umnitza DDE Ballast
 

I was having an issue with 1 of my rings so I decided to do some testing.

I used a continuity tester on 1 of the wires and guess how much voltage came out of that little thing?

188.0 VOLTS! Insane

dude your avatar is hilarious....OT

188 V's!? The electrical sockets in your house (120V's) don't throw out that much power! I would check the battery's power level if I were you especially if your lights are on all the time.

that wouldn't be an issue, remember, it requires 12v to power up, that little inverter/ballast makes all that power. INSANE

I had to check it twice and then asked my neighbor to confirm. crazy :jeffy:

[QUOTE=Igor911]that wouldn't be an issue, remember, it requires 12v to power up, that little inverter/ballast makes all that power. INSANE

But isn't that 188V continually being drawn out after the initial 12-volt start up?

I feel stupid for asking this because my father works for the power company. :banghead:

hell yeah that avatar is funny a** f***

Don't you mean, as instead of a**?

hes calling him an '*** ****'

i think he forgot a comma.

it should read:

hell yeah that avatar is funny, a** f***

;)

oh , and why is that so abnormal. its a ballast, ballasts are similar to transformers, they bump the voltage quite a bit but use a very small amount of current.

why dont you test the ballast on the other side of the car (the working halo) and tell us what you find.

funny as fu**

the voltage at the non-working halo was 0.

The working side ran 188. Now thats with just 1 ring lit up. I wonder if it splits by 2 if there are both connected

voltage should remain constant at the source in a parallel ckt :)