I just purchased some ollo HID's from 02mineralgray(FTW) and been reading that it is a good idea to wire up some relays for each of the headlights and fogs but im lacking in the electrical department and would like some info on how to do so. any info besides what i have read on here would be great. TIA

 

BTW great site even though im not new to my F150 but new to your internet world

 

Maybe weazel or josia can chime in and help out with the wiring of some relays?

 

Not sure what you are getting at here, so let me ask a few questions :

1. Did the HID kit you get have transformers and separate wiring harnesses ?

2. Are these or the headlamps ( bulb replacements ) or driving lamps ?

3. Are you referring to adding in Relays for the stock bulbs, for the fogs and driving lamps ( as in to have larger wire directly to the bulbs ) ?

 

I havent recieved them just yet but they will be here in a few days and was just preparing myself for a heavy duty harness with relays so i dont get that flicker that everyone else seems to be gettin when they set their stock alarm or the safety feature(lights come on when dark) BTW im doing HID's in heads and fogs 4300k color temp so im just figuring on making 4 relay wires to the hot side of all 4 light ballasts then ground all of them and now try to figure out which slot is the trigger turn on also im getting hi/low h13 and heard they were a PITA to fit correctly? any help with wiring would be a life saver TIA

 

Don't know what you are referring to with installing a relay & the flashing of the lamps. When you press lock, and the lights flash ( or auto off time delay ) they are going to do that with a standard Relay.

Here is a sample diagram of a relay in use :


Just so you know, standard auto relay once the coil is triggered, the Normally Open contacts will close. Don't know how this is going to be different with the HIDs, guess you read something somewhere, that explains how to do this ?

 

That is a great diagram of how a relay works but again i was going by what others have experienced with these same HID's and just wanted to avoid the problems they were having and didnt want to pay to have them installed im still in the learning process of automotive modding and i love it. again thank you for your time to explain and that diagram helps out quite a bit

now what im thinking of doing is find the trigger slot of the stock headlight plug and tap off of that to (85)and run my hot side to the ballast and (30)ground all of my grounds but what do i do with (87)?????????? is that my hi beam or low beam

 

If you are using the relay to trigger the ballast, it would be :

pin #30 : Fused power to the battery.

Pin #87 : to the ballast for the HIDs

Pin # 85 : Headlamp power ( the T-Tap you were talking about )

Pin # 86 : Ground ( there should be a ground lug in the fender just ahead of the battery, and room behind the pass side headlamp to mount the relays.

Again, I don't know what this is changing with flashing the lights. The ballast will still get power.

 

From what i understand with the ballasts is that HID's take alot of initial power to start up and the power that the stock lights have are just barely enough so they flicker and this is what im trying to avoid. if you want do a search under Ollo HID's and about 5 or 6 threads come up and josia and weasel have this problem with flickering again thank for your time and patience

 

Trying to use the tiny Headlamps circuit to power the ballast(s), that would be no good. Oh, that makes sense now with your last post ( don't ask why in the other 2 it didn't )

I would have figured a HID retro kit to have the ballast off the battery on 12 ( 10 ) AWG wire, and use the headlamp circuit as a trigger ( think that is how the Sylvania retro kit for the 99-03's were ).

The kit you are getting, does not have this style trigger, and you are making one.

The info / diagram above does exactly that.

I don't know if you got any sizing recommendations, I would shoot for 40 A relays and 10 AWG. Way over size for operational mode, but inrush current to the ballast would be a non issue with it. 30 A relay and 12 AWG might work just as well, but depending on inrush current might still get a bit of flicker to them.
Costly, but Solid state relays would even be better.

 

SSCULLY, again thanks for your time the HID's will be in tomorrow and im gonna get set for this weekend so wish me luck

 

Curious.............. would i need 4 relays? 1 for each of the ballasts and how would i use the stock headlight wire to trigger the new lights? i dont want to cut off the HL plug. if any one has experience with wiring in new hid's that would be great and most appreciated

 

How do i wire them up? im gonna try this task tomorrow but im not getting alot of love from you ollo hid owners............ pics and a small write up would be great TIA

 

anyone? thanks guys

 

spoke too soon, now when i turn on my fog lamps i only get static from the radio please HELP. anyone know why