Really Weird Headlights Problem

[jdab]

One day, bigla na lang nasira yung high beam sa left side ng headlights ko (stock Osram bulb - 50W/60). Dinala ko siya sa isang shop sa Abad Santos St. at sabi ng owner na pundido na raw ang bulb, without checking the wiring.

He added that there's no need to check the wiring because both high beam would malfunction if there's a problem with the wiring. So I believed him and replace both bulbs for P350 each. The brand I think is Zip (80W/100). Nirecommend niya na taasan na lang para mas malinaw. Tinanong ko kung hindi ba siya mag-oovercharge at sabi niya hindi naman daw.

Ito yung sumunod na sequence after kong magpalit ng bulbs:

(Day 0-7) = Okay pa naman both bulbs. Pero medyo hindi ako satisfied sa brightness at nakaka-experience na ako ng hard starting.
(Day 8) = Nawala ulit yung high beam ng left side.
(Day 9-11 ) = Bumalik yung high beam ng left side. (Everything's okay)
(Day 12-18) = Nawala yung high beam at low beam ng left side.
(Day 18-19) = Nawala yung high beam ng right side. Pero gumagana ulit ang high at low ng left.
(Day 20-21) = Bumalik yung high ng right.

Ngayon, ang gumagana lang sa akin ay high-low ng left at high ng right. Ano kaya ang problema nito? Pwede bang mag-overcharge yung battery sa nilagay nilang bulbs?

[userfriendly]

Have a competent auto electrican check your wirings. I suspect may loose wire or malfunctioning relay ka.

Hard starting and battery overcharging has nothing to do with the headlights.

[ezem]

sir naglagay ka ng bulb na mejo mataas ang wattage ng hindi naglalagay ng ceramic socket...susunugin nyan wires mo and relay...ganyan din ginawa ng tropa ko sa civic nya nung una, sunog yung relay saka socket, kya after nun, nagpalit sya ng ceramic socket saka relay...

[v6dreamer]

you have a loose connection on the back of the head lights that causing it to do this or dirty connector or corrode that need to clean. Just check the connection, Im sure you'll find it.

[StraightSix]

Hindi yung battery ang na-overcharge, kundi yung wallet mo. Better find another electrician.

By the way, bulbs don't charge the battery - they discharge it. The higher the power (in watts), the bigger the drain.

[jdab]

Thanks everyone for the insight. Can you recommend any good auto electrician within Makati area?

[speedyfix]

it might be the headlight socket itself. also add a relay for bulbs with higher consumption.

[afrasay]

Baka yun relay mo. Also check the sockets that goes into the relays.

[jdab]

Yung socket nga yung may problem. Nasunog yung socket at lumobo yung bulb. Shouldn't have trusted the shop owner who said okay lang maglagay ng 90W/100 kahit hindi na palitan yung socket.

[speedyfix]

good you narrowed it down.

[1D4LV]

90/100? dapat talaga palitan na yan ng ceramics.
normally, hanggan 60/70 lang ang kaya ng stock sockets eh.

[1D4LV]

90/100? dapat talaga palitan na yan ng ceramics.
normally, hanggan 60/70 lang ang kaya ng stock sockets eh.

[jdab]

good you narrowed it down.

it might be the headlight socket itself. also add a relay for bulbs with higher consumption.

Yep! Thanks for the advise, Migs.

[jdab]

90/100? dapat talaga palitan na yan ng ceramics.
normally, hanggan 60/70 lang ang kaya ng stock sockets eh.

Oo nga eh. Lesson learned.. hindi dapat bumalik sa shop na yun.

[speedyfix]

anytime

[j0hans0n]

maki-ride narin ako.. since headlights din ang discussion.

hmm..

my car's an altis 2002 (hb4 lows; hb3 highs)
initially stock
then switched to 100w superwhites
then one went kaput, melting my left socket as well.
then changed the socket and bulbs to 55w superwhites
then added a hella relay kit and switched back to 100w.
now, i bought a 50w hid and it worked properly the first 3weeks.
then the left side would sometimes work (meaning most of the time hindi sumisindi)
one night ago, both hids wont work but my high beams are working. (another set of bulbs) tried to ignite them, ayaw talaga.

i dont know if its because i bought the HID dirt cheap and came with a faulty ballast or the relays just gave up. (for the meantime, i unplugged the power from the ballast)

just wondering, how much would relays run? and what other parts might be damaged?

thanks.

[speedyfix]

it's probably the ballasts themselves or the connectors. have it inspected.

normally all the cheaper hid brands will have sockets compatible with one another so fixing it shouldn't be that hard.

[j0hans0n]

it's probably the ballasts themselves or the connectors. have it inspected.

normally all the cheaper hid brands will have sockets compatible with one another so fixing it shouldn't be that hard.

the ballasts nga! hahaha..

got them replaced last saturday... sadly with the same brand and also the same wattage.. pero the shop told me to remove the relays together with its harness.. so.. sana it would last longer now..

[technismo]

check the relay