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What are the signs of a bad HID bulb/ Ballast?

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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 07:27 AM
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What are the signs of a bad HID bulb/ Ballast?

Last night when I turned on my HIDs I noticed they light up with different colors changing rapidly.

Blinked on white, turned blue, suddenly reddish orange, then finally light purple. (They Flickered alil while Doing So)

Never noticed this before.

Is bulb on the way out ? Or is this normal?

Oh yeah 8600K Zmax Kit
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 08:31 AM
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The bulb is on it's way out.

Your 8600K will turn redish and will get noticably dimmer.
Flickering is a sign of the gases being spent...

2 questions,

how long have you had these?

Manuf. of the bulbs?
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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gases being spent in that it's having a hard time Igniting...
Old Oct 13, 2004 | 06:09 PM
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z-max=hanabi=pure crap.

Your bulb is going to hell. If you want replacements, go to globalpremier.com
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