HID ballasts

steve99 said:

i need some advice fellas. I'm about to get my old hid hella rallye 4000's rewired and fitted to my new d40 king cab.

There is limited space inside the engine bay to mount the ballasts so i was thinking about fitting them onto the very bottom of the nudgebar. Its plastic down there and i was wondering do hid ballasts get hot,or do they stay cool.

If they get hot i'll obviously have to mount them elsewhere. I'd appreciate it if someone that has hid lights could check and see if the ballasts get hot or stay cool.

Thanks in advance.

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Old.Tony said:

35watts @ 12V is about 3A. You wouldn't get a lot of heat out of that.

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steve99 said:

I need some advice fellas. I'm about to get my old HID Hella Rallye 4000's rewired and fitted to my new D40 King Cab.

There is limited space inside the engine bay to mount the ballasts so I was thinking about fitting them onto the very bottom of the nudgebar. Its plastic down there and I was wondering do HID ballasts get hot,or do they stay cool.

If they get hot I'll obviously have to mount them elsewhere. I'd appreciate it if someone that has HID lights could check and see if the ballasts get hot or stay cool.

Thanks in advance.

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Old.Tony;46093 Out of curiosity said:

The casing is made of aluminium.

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