Help with head lights

[Matty14]

Can normal H4 globes work with a H4 high/low harness?

 

[Nic92]

H4 is high and low as far as I am aware of.

 

[Matty14]

Well I got HID H4 normal not thinking that my low bean headlights work with high bean too and they only have 2 prongs not 3 so I was wondering if there's away around it or I take them back and get H4 low/high

 

[Nic92]

H4-2 is Halogen low and HID high. H4-3 is HID Low and HID high. Either take it back or use it as just a low beam and have no high beam.

 

[Matty14]

Do you know much about HIDs as in does the car have to be running for them to work or do both HIDs have to be connected for them to work cause I plugged one in and it didn't work?

 

[Nic92]

Connect to power + and - then that goes into the ballast and then the ballast converts the voltage into AC then it geos into the globe and it ignites the gas.

First test it on your battery then connect up to lights, some times you need to swap the polarity for it to work depends how the head lights are setup.

 

[Matty14]

Cheers
Is there a way to test if the HID globe is broken because I tried both the H1s on a battery and only one works and they were both wired the same way?

 

[Nic92]

umm, did you try it with both ballasts? usually the ballast goes because with HID's compared to halogen bulbs with filaments. HID's have Xenon gas which lasts forever. Unlike halogens where a filament can wear out/break. Where did you buy them from?

 

[Matty14]

Jaycar
I'll check the ballasts in the morning

 

[Nic92]

Otherwise take them back, also check battery voltage. It should be over 12volts for them to run properly. I remember testing mine on a battery I had lying around and wouldn't turn on due to voltage being low.