Foglights smoking!!!
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Foglights smoking!!!
Well i got my self some 3A Racing fogs the "HID" ones.
Well i installed them just like the instructions said, except for:
Instead of hooking one of the (+) wires to a headlight i hooked it up to the battery with the other (+) wire.
So i have 2 (+) going to a switch, then one of the (+) is attached to a relay and also a fuse, then the fogs.
When the car is running and the fogs are on they smoke, when it is off and fogs are on they don't. What the hell is going on.
please help
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Well i installed them just like the instructions said, except for:
Instead of hooking one of the (+) wires to a headlight i hooked it up to the battery with the other (+) wire.
So i have 2 (+) going to a switch, then one of the (+) is attached to a relay and also a fuse, then the fogs.
When the car is running and the fogs are on they smoke, when it is off and fogs are on they don't. What the hell is going on.
please help
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by RuskiBusiness:
Well i got my self some 3A Racing fogs the "HID" ones.
Well i installed them just like the instructions said, except for:
Instead of hooking one of the (+) wires to a headlight i hooked it up to the battery with the other (+) wire.
So i have 2 (+) going to a switch, then one of the (+) is attached to a relay and also a fuse, then the fogs.
When the car is running and the fogs are on they smoke, when it is off and fogs are on they don't. What the hell is going on.
please help
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Well i got my self some 3A Racing fogs the "HID" ones.
Well i installed them just like the instructions said, except for:
Instead of hooking one of the (+) wires to a headlight i hooked it up to the battery with the other (+) wire.
So i have 2 (+) going to a switch, then one of the (+) is attached to a relay and also a fuse, then the fogs.
When the car is running and the fogs are on they smoke, when it is off and fogs are on they don't. What the hell is going on.
please help
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Its the light. I am thinking maybe its because its like 30 degrees outside and its very cold. Kind of like when you breath in the temp. its kind of "smokes" but then again maybe not.
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If you touched the bulb with your bare hands during install it may be the grease from your fingers causing the smoke. If the bulb is totaly enclosed the disregard.
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I would assume that when the car is running your fogs are getting a hight voltage (regulator output is higher than the battery output).
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Mannnnn some guys just like to screw up with cars.... Why do not you guys get same bulb' spec as the original. It should be 5 watts!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Nashua_Night_Hawk:
Mannnnn some guys just like to screw up with cars.... Why do not you guys get same bulb' spec as the original. It should be 5 watts!
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Mannnnn some guys just like to screw up with cars.... Why do not you guys get same bulb' spec as the original. It should be 5 watts!
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melting the plastic?!?
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These fogs have not been modified in any way. I did not touch the bulb.
THe smoke is coming from the fogs, but none of the wires are hot. Just the case of the fogs.
its not thick smoke, just slight smoke.
Maybe its because its cold outside and they are hot, so this causing it to appear to be smokin
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[This message has been edited by RuskiBusiness (edited 02-12-2001).]
THe smoke is coming from the fogs, but none of the wires are hot. Just the case of the fogs.
its not thick smoke, just slight smoke.
Maybe its because its cold outside and they are hot, so this causing it to appear to be smokin
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[This message has been edited by RuskiBusiness (edited 02-12-2001).]
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Nashua_Night_Hawk:
Mannnnn some guys just like to screw up with cars.... Why do not you guys get same bulb' spec as the original. It should be 5 watts!
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Mannnnn some guys just like to screw up with cars.... Why do not you guys get same bulb' spec as the original. It should be 5 watts!
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My fogs get extremely hot so when it is cold out or raining then they steam which looks like smoke so that might be it. Just a thought.
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I actully took the fuse off of the (+) wire, and put it in a fuse box. From there i just connected that same (+) wire to it. So now my fogs will turn off when the ignition is off, actully when my door opens.
This is the same thing, except the fust is in the beging. But there are 2 (+) wires, one is the one that should have been on the headlight, i also put it through the fuse, is this why.
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This is the same thing, except the fust is in the beging. But there are 2 (+) wires, one is the one that should have been on the headlight, i also put it through the fuse, is this why.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by RuskiBusiness:
When the car is running and the fogs are on they smoke, when it is off and fogs are on they don't. What the hell is going on.
please help
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When the car is running and the fogs are on they smoke, when it is off and fogs are on they don't. What the hell is going on.
please help
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LOL.
I am pretty sure its just steam or something, cuz the glass is so hot when i touch it it burns my finger oils.
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I am pretty sure its just steam or something, cuz the glass is so hot when i touch it it burns my finger oils.
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