Anyone with Halo Headlights?

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  1. Apr 16, 2012 at 3:48 PM #1
    Dawgfan54

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    So I installed my headlights last night and I payed $20 extra for the CCFL halos because they're brighter and last longer.
    When wiring them up I couldn't get enough power to run them off the blinker running lights power. I think that has something to do with the LED's I have already connected this way for the raptor grille LEDs.
    So I used the power that goes to the side market bulbs and they still don't seem bright enough any ideas?
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  2. Apr 16, 2012 at 4:15 PM #2
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    disconnect your raptor grill lights and see if you get all the power back. And how do you have the grill lights wired? Show me a pic if you can.
     
  3. Apr 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM #3
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    Alright i'll try and do that tonight, I just thought LED's draw less power do it didn't make sense to me...


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    They do but there is a limit of how many your placing on a single line. There are some trick to doing it so I want to see how it is wired before I start explaining it.
     
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    if you want to run the raptor lights and the corner lights your gonna have to put in a bigger Relay to handle all the power and distribute it. don't ask me how it works cause i have no idea, it just seems like an educated answer.

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  6. Apr 16, 2012 at 11:12 PM #6
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    Alright so I don't have any pictures because I came to the conclusion that I'm an idiot.
    When I tried testing the halos the first time I wired them to the blinker lights with the grille lights it didn't work, and I think the problem was that it wasn't getting good connection.
    I've wired the halos to both the blinkers with the raptor LEDs and to the normal side marker lights and the halos are the same color, I just thought they'd look a little brighter than they do, I mean hell I payed $20 extra for that reason alone... So I guess I just have to settle for that...


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  7. Apr 17, 2012 at 12:07 AM #7
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    mine dont look bright in the day but at night whoa they rock
     
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    it looks pretty bright to me...
     
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    most of those require a direct 12v source, so tapping off a line for power is not gonna give you what you are looking for. when i wire things up to my truck, i give them their own relay and 12v power directly off the battery. My Rigids have a factory relay, my roof lights are on their own system, as well as my halos on my projector fogs.
     
  10. Apr 17, 2012 at 5:21 PM #10
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    Okay so how would I go about running them separately like this?


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