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Originally posted by e36_m3_Turbo@Feb 15 2005, 04:44 PM
do you have to turn your ac and deforster on everytime you turn on your lights? or just during installtion?
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No not always only when you plug back in your battery and before you turn the HID low beams on for the FIRST time ever. This prevents you car from power surging and killing your battery or worst case frying your car's circuit. This is due to the fact that your battery gives off 12 Volts and the HIDs need 12,000 Volts to power themselves on and less voltage to stay on. The HID Ballasts is what, by means of something close to magic, transvert 12V into 12,000V ! But the first time you turn on your lights the battery will be like "WTF" and there will be a slight surge of power to the HIDs (you actually see this when the HID beams flickers from purple to green to white in less than a second before settling into the normal luminosity).
Also try not to turn on or play with the HID beams when the car is not running if you like having your battery functioning.
