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Goph
Joined: Feb 14 2003 Posts: 3826 Location: Iowa  1995 Pontiac Grand Prix Last updated: 09/04/04 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix Last updated: 05/11/06 |
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Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:00 pm
ok my mom just had some xenon bulbs put in her 03 trailblazer about a month ago and this is what one looks like today
it looks as if it is melted, if you can't tell i know it is a bad pic. did the guy that put them in just touch the bulb and not know it? |
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PTCruzr
Joined: Feb 12 2003 Posts: 395 Location: Woodstock, GA |
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Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:28 pm
That's what it looks like to me. I talked to a mechanic once who said that the oils on your skin will make the bulb turn black and ruin it pretty quick. |
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Knox
Joined: Feb 12 2003 Posts: 6801 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1987 Chevrolet Blazer Last updated: 01/16/07 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Last updated: 03/28/04 1950 Ford F-Series Pickup Last updated: 10/04/04 2000 GMC Sierra Last updated: 10/05/08 2006 GMC Sierra Last updated: 03/24/09 |
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Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:54 am
Mabye he shouldve wore gloves when he put them in.
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Mystique_Knight
Joined: Feb 11 2003 Posts: 237 Location: Comox, B.C. 1984 Toyota Supra Last updated: 11/08/04 |
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Mon Jun 30, 2003 10:37 am
yup, u cannnot touch them
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Phil
Owner, Oznium.com Joined: Feb 11 2003 Posts: 7307 Location: Bay Area, CA 2001 Toyota Highlander Last updated: 08/02/08 2000 Toyota 4Runner Last updated: 05/28/07 2006 Scion tC Last updated: 11/12/07 2002 GMC Sierra Last updated: 08/02/08 |
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Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:29 pm
Could skin oils on the bulb cause it to melt the wiring harness or is that a seperate issue?
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alexwbush
Joined: Jun 04 2003 Posts: 152 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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Mon Jun 30, 2003 8:13 pm
that's weird... personally, i've never seen anything with that happened. personally, i don't touch the bulb because i don't want to know what happens. but i've watched other people put in their bulbs and had no trouble. so either that bulb was really sensative to oils (which doesn't make much sense to me, because the whole thing is burnt up). so i'm wondering if its because of too much power or just poor quality?
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Bobby Lee
Joined: Mar 01 2003 Posts: 3829 Location: Sneads Ferry, NC 1995 Ford Escort Last updated: 01/08/06 2005 Scion tC Last updated: 06/17/08 2003 Dodge Ram Last updated: 07/08/08 |
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Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:51 am
are both of the bulbs burnt out or is just one of them burnt? cuz if it is just one then it may be that he touched that one and not the other...
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omega
Joined: Apr 18 2003 Posts: 154 Location: Greenville, NC |
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Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:49 am
no skin oils won't affect the harness, that's too much current draw, A 55 watt bulb at roughly 13.8 volts will draw 4 amps, where is a 80 watt is almost 6 and a 100 watt bulb will draw over 7 amps, too much for a lot of stock wiring harnesses on the back of the bulb holder.
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