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Old May 24, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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Default How would I attach a ground wire to my ballast?
I mean would I just slap it on there and run it to a ground or do I need to actually get into the ballast?
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WTF is a ballast?
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The case of the ballast is ground so you can connect to anywhere of the ballast housing
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Default you have an HID kit right? Remember what you did with the wires that were intended
to be plugged into the original halogen bulb? They went into the ballast instead. Well, one of those wires is the ground. Don't plug that one into the ballast, run a new one to a closer location. Or am I mistaken... not sure, I can't really think straight right now.
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wire the ground of the ballast to the ground of the h7 bulb? if that's what your asking
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just run a dedicate wire from the ground wire of the plug of the ballast to a metal part of the car
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