HID Flickers then Dies

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Old 08-14-2015, 12:38 PM
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HID Flickers then Dies

I looked up some other forums on this issue but none have the same situation as me.

Yesterday I resealed and blacked out my headlight housing. My driver side HID was broken so i installed a new ballast and ignitor.
Driving last night, my driver side now is working perfect but now my passenger side which worked fine before, now will turn on, work for a couple minutes, flicker, then die.

Could one of the wires be loose? They are aftermarket 6000K HIDS but it was working perfectly fine before i blacked out my headlights so i dont believe its the bulb.

Very frustrated, if you have any ideas let me know. Thank you
Old 08-14-2015, 01:01 PM
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Note: Not sure if they were flcikering as soon as i was driving because it was day time, but when i got out of the restaurant i accidentally left my HIDS on. Could have justb been a low battery? Needed to be recharged?

I just tested them this morning 5 minutes ago.

Turned on the car, they turned on, passenger side flickered, then didn't die or flicker for more than 5 minutes. Thinking maybe it fixed itself i turned the car off, turned it on and turned on the HIDS, the left one didn't turn on at all. So i turned the HIDS off and on again, both turned on with no flickering at all for about 5 minutes then i came back inside.

Maybe the battery just needed to recharge itself to be able to put out enough power to the passenger side? Let me know what you think
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Did it a third time and they turned on again no flickering at all for a solid 5 minutes. Thinking it may happen while driving because of bumps things are shaking and something goes wrong during that?
Old 08-17-2015, 07:49 PM
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Corrected mine with a new ballast.
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