Halo headlights staying on

BlackMagnum2000 · Apr 27, 2014

Hey so I installed some halo headlights in my truck. They work great and look great. My only problem is on my passenger side, the halos will faintly glow even with the lights turned off. I have to disconnect my battery for them to turn off. I have the wires for them spliced into my parking/drl lights. I'm no wiring expert so any help would be appreciated. I attached some pictures of the headlight model and the way I have them wired

05singlecabHEMI · Apr 27, 2014

Does the kit have a capacitor?

BlackMagnum2000 · Apr 27, 2014

Not unless that box in the picture is a capacitor. Besides I figured if it had a capacitor both sides would stay glowing

Stangshcky12 · Apr 27, 2014

Could be a current leak on that side so it's getting a little bit of power, since LEDs only use a little bit of current unlike incandescent bulbs it's glowing

A resistor on that side should make it stop

iSlacker816 · Apr 27, 2014

Mine did the same thing. Sold em after a week of having them. Bought some stock replacement heads for half the price of those.

BlackMagnum2000 · Apr 29, 2014

Okay so I've done some testing and found out that the halos are getting power from the low beam positive, high beam positive, and the ground for those. Why are all three of those plugs hot even with the lights off? If I can get those to turn off when the lights are off I believe that will solve my issue.
I assumed it had to do with the whole 9004/9007 issue, so I tried completely cutting out the factory and aftermarket wiring harness adapters, and cut and spliced them in manually. Yet it still doesn't work. Getting very frustrated with these. But I absolutely am not going back to the original headlights. I'm too sold on the look of these halos

Dodge96Ram · Apr 29, 2014

You have voltage leak for lack of better terms. It's not enough to light up a stock bulb but it take next to nothing to make an LED glow. All you need to do is wire a relay in to isolate the halo from the parking light wire. Pretty much you use the parking light + wire to trigger a relay which turns the light on. The relay is an electronic switch and when it is not energized, it isolates the 2 circuits from one another.

BlackMagnum2000 · Apr 29, 2014

If that voltage leak is going through the headlight bulb, would it just go around a relay?
Sorry if this a dumb question, I really hate wiring and electronics. Just not my thing

Dodge96Ram · Apr 29, 2014

Not dumb at all, we all learn by asking questions. Im certified in 12V electronics, i sleep eat and drink it lol. Anyway here's what you do. Get 2 relays and wire them both exactly the same. One for each light .

Pin 86 and 87 both go to the 12V+ parking light wire
Pin 85 goes to ground
Pin 30 goes to the halo 12V+ wire

Give it a shot and report back.

Stangshcky12 · Apr 30, 2014

or you could just put a resistor in that will take the small amount of current instead of the LED

BlackMagnum2000 · Apr 30, 2014

It already has one resistor in the circuit for them

Dodge96Ram · Apr 30, 2014

Use the relays. Very easy and will solve the problem.

Stangshcky12 · Apr 30, 2014

From the picture you posted of where you spliced in I didn't see one in that wiring
Frankly in most cases it should not have or need one
More expensive lights will have a LED driver for the halos that supply a constant current and voltage to help extend the life of the LED
As far as I know these do not, they are just a straight wire to the LED with know added resistance.

dodge dude94 · Apr 30, 2014

Did you seriously splice that **** together with masking tape?

Stangshcky12 · Apr 30, 2014

I think (hope) its white electrical tape
They do make it, I know harbor freight sells packs of colored electrical tape

Dodge96Ram · Apr 30, 2014

The colored tape they sell is junk. The only tape you should be using is 3M Super33

dodge dude94 · Apr 30, 2014

Or solder and heat shrink it.....lol I got a heatgun now, so that's what I'll be doing on my splicing projects.

BlackMagnum2000 · Apr 30, 2014

I soldered it and then put electric tape around the solder, and duct tape around the electric tape. And the duct tape just so happened to be white.
What size relays do I need? Size, wattage, etc? Being honest this is the most I've done with wiring lol

Dodge96Ram · Apr 30, 2014

Duct tape doesn't belong on wires, ever. Just go to your local autoparts store and get a standard bosch style relay. You will be pulling next to no current through it.

BlackMagnum2000 · Apr 30, 2014

I figured duct tape over the electrical tape would hold up better against elements, compared to just electrical tape

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