Hid fogs and 7 hours of rain

blackout11 · Nov 13, 2012

So went to new Orleans on fri had a blast on bourbon street lol. On monday we came home it poured almost the entire way home i thought my lightning looked a little dull but f that ill look when i get gas. So i look nether fog is working im like f this not working on this in the rain. Took apart today both ballast were full of water WTF so took apart dried off sealed the ballast with silicone were the wire go in and any other hole hooked back up and i got fogs again guess they did not like 7 hours of rain.

Just throwing this out there cause i was bored

MADDOG · Nov 13, 2012

Actually, bored or not, this is good info!

2nazt · Nov 13, 2012

Who made the fogs?

Stangshcky12 · Nov 13, 2012

Probably should have sprayed it out with corrosion cleaner and dielectric grease before you sealed it up
It might end up like alot of cell phones that are dropped in water, they work after they dry out but eventually the corrosion gets to them and 3 months later they stop working

Hopfuly sealing them up like you did will stop it

joeg45 · Nov 13, 2012

Ive had the same thing happen but not as long of a drive luckly the place i bought them from hooked me up with a new

but i just put liquid electric tape around the edges and connections to be safe this time

blackout11 · Nov 13, 2012

2nazt said:
Who made the fogs?

got them from retro but it was kinda my fault to i should of greased them when first installed and put them higher. But never thought id have to drive through 7 hours of rain either lol. Well least my custom tube did not suck up water.

Ya i sprayed them to just forget to mention it but ive also had them for over a year and a half with 0 problems

2nazt · Nov 13, 2012

oh ok good info man a good heads up for people to check. I had this on a DDM ballast that is why i asked, cleaned/sprayed/sealed and didn't have another problem either. Glad your's are back up and running as well

Trupiano · Nov 14, 2012

That's a bummer. Hope it doesn't happen again.

Musclemckeester · Nov 14, 2012

Interesting read, thanks for posting. It's likely I'll have to do this someday, if not with the truck with my 4 wheeler I just put HIDs on a few weeks ago.

RompinRam · Nov 14, 2012

Where do you have your ballast located? I might just do this as soon as I get my 55watters for my fogs. Don't wanna mess em up.

AV8B6015 · Nov 14, 2012

I got some cheap Xentec Hid's for my 4 wheeler a while back. After the first ride where the headlights and ballasts got submerged, I pulled the ballasts apart and they were full of water and mud. I cleaned everything up and put them back together. I then used clear silicone and sealed the ballasts completely and dielectric greased the connections.
I have had them completely submerged hundreds of times, sometimes for long periods of time, no problems.

Dawizman · Nov 25, 2012

I had the same thing happen to my 2010. I had the ballasts mounted right beside the foglights. I cleaned up the ballasts & relocated them as high up as I could (Pretty much beside the headlights), and I haven't had any issues since.

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