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HID KIT need help plz

Derek Jensen

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Derek Jensen Enthusiast

Derek Jensen

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I have a 2014 chevy 1500 and put a HID kit in it and when I put it in drive and the day time running lights come on sounds like my relay is gonna blow up it makes a buzzing sound how do I fix this need  help plz 

diyer2 Senior Enthusiast

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Is it the right kit for your truck?

Is it installed correctly?

What brand HID kit.

Call them for help.

If you bought a chepo HID kit good luck.

Morimoto are the best IMO. I was going to do this and did a lot of research.

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Derek Jensen Enthusiast

Derek Jensen

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Yes but I got after market projector headlights so h7 but yes that kit is it a bad one? Was thinking about going with headlight revolution? Do you got a 14 chevy with hid?

diyer2 Senior Enthusiast

diyer2

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6 minutes ago, Derek Jensen said:

They said bad relay or go into fuse box and put a bigger Amp fuse in it 

Bigger amp fuse is the wrong answer.

You could do damage to the wires.

Poor customer service knowledge.

Never put a higher amp fuse in any vehicle than the stock fuse. 

Do you know what a fuse is for?

Did they offer to send a new relay/

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Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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It should have a capacitor.  If you can’t get the info you need here, search HID Planet forum. 

Crstfr Enthusiast

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On 10/17/2017 at 9:28 AM, diyer2 said:

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2012 Sierra

 

your cat avatar fits your comment perfectly !.. .lol.. 

Crazyjoker77 Enthusiast

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Even if they send you a new relay its more than likely going to behave the same if its the same specs.  Its not that anything is defective it just the fact your are using a 12v relay and its being fed with a PWM signal for the DRL which is a PWM(square) waveform with an effective voltage of around 8-9v this is compounded by the fact GM uses a low frequency PWM signal.  What you hear is called chattering and relays do it when they are not provided with enough voltage to properly seat in the relay.

 

PWM works great for extending the life of an incandescent bulb but has the opposite effect for an electromagnetic relay.  Capacitors can help smooth the waveform and may help in some situations, but a better solution is to get a relay with a wider operating range or you could always just turn your headlights on every time you get in the truck and avoid using the DRLs.

 

 

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