9006/5 Connector Plug?

[damastah]

Hello Guys,

I have just installed HIDs on my e30. I think I have installed the harness correctly, and one of the 9006 connectors are just left open. It doesn't connect to anything. I am assuming this is why my Low Beam Check has been turned on. Since I don't believe that what triggers the check light panel measures any draw, I was thinking can I just put a plug, or a paper clip in both positive and negative ends of the connector to turn the check lamp off?

What should I do?

Also, have I installed my HIDs Incorrectly? Was I not supposed to leave a connector open like that?

Thanks.

[blazinxpk]

can you take a picture of your setup im not sure what you mean by the 9006 connectors are left open.

the setup is supposed to be:
car harness >> ballast >> bulb

^^this setup should not leave any connector open.

please don't stick any paperclips into anything until you've figured everything out.

[damastah]

Here is my ballast. One end of the ballast obviously goes into the bulb. The other end has a positive and a negative end. The negative is sandwiched behind a nut which is grounded to the car. The positive goes into the relay harness provided with my HID kit. And the harness has only 1 low beam connector plugged into it.

I don't see the problem of connecting my positive and negative ends of my connector together, maybe not with a paper clip, but maybe even cutting and soldering the two ends together.




I'm holding the low beam connector in my hand and the lights turn on and function properly.

[blazinxpk]

if your ballast is not plugged into the low beam connector then how do you get power and control the lights??

since you are using a relay harness the setup should be the following:
9006 low beam connector >> relay harness >> ballast >> bulb.

you only have one 9006 connector per side and thats what the hids connect to.

where did you get the extra connector from?? are you sure thats not the 9005 high beam connector??

maybe im just confused...

EDIT:
ok, based on the single notch in the connector in your hand that is indeed a 9006 connect (9005 should have two).

[AndrewBird]

Does the relay harness drive both ballasts, or are they separate, one for each light? If it runs both, does it only have one input? If that is the case, the second low beam plug on the car would just be unused.

DO NOT connect any positives to ground though. Short the wires will just blow fuses and/or start a fire.

[damastah]

The HID's relay harness only requires one low beam 9006 connector plugged into it. And it uses the power from that one harness to power both headlights. So the driver sides lowbeam 9006 connector has to be left open, thus resulting in a check light.

I'm surprised you guys haven't heard of this before. A lot of HID relays only require one input to power both headlights.


And andrewbird, it is the the second case where the low beam plug on the car is unused. Since this is the case, what can I do to get rid of the low beam check panel light.

[AndrewBird]

Pull the bulb? lol

Adding a resistor to it might work, but the problem is finding the correct resistance to have the light not come on.

[blazinxpk]

thanks for the clarification.

yeah ideally you would want to find the correct amount of resistance to trick the check light.

Ohms Law V = IR

R = V/I
apply the appropriate voltage and current values and solve for resistance.

[damastah]

So after thinking about it. I'm going to just get a resistor and plug it up to the connector.

I don't think the amount of resistance matters? I heard that as long as the circuit is closed, the check panel light wont come on.