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Old 11-05-2011, 03:52 PM
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Need some help connecting HID ballast

My Bi-Xenon conversion is not going very fast but I have one set ready to try and align the projector with the high beam. I want to connect things up to a battery using a spare ballast that came wwith the MY2000 units but I can't figure out how to connect the ballast.

Which one of the two pins is Positive and which is Negative?

Ofcourse I can try to guess and if I get it wrong the first time I still have the spare from the other side.....but that is a bit of destructive testing I'd rather avoid.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:37 PM
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Old 11-14-2011, 10:58 PM
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2014 535d X-drive, M package, silver/black interior

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2006 4.8iS Le Mans blue/cream int./black headliner, SOLD in 2012 sadly...

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Old 11-14-2011, 11:34 PM
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Tri - You mean Positive and Negative = Hot and Cold? If it's so, base on your photo you posted above, the left hand side is hot (+) and right hand side is cold (-).
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Old 11-14-2011, 11:43 PM
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um, yes, I guess that is one way of describing it. Many thanks! I'll try that. Hopefully will have one unit completed over Thx'giving. :-)
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Old 11-15-2011, 11:52 AM
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Any marking on the casing itself with + and -? My aftermarket ballast does.
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Old 11-24-2011, 08:52 AM
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No markings, is yours marked the same as described above?
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