Got an old Niterider HID light. It is a helmet mounted setup with a 11 cell battery pack (13.2v) and the common 10watt HID bulb and ballast.
The problem is that the light doesn't want to fire. It flickers a tiny bit then goes off.
If I play with it long enough, it will eventually fire on and finally lights up.
Not sure if it is a normal brightness though after it finally fires on.
I was told that the ballast was bad when the light was given to me (it was free).
Since the battery pack and the charger seem to be okay, if the light itself is not worth fixing, then I will use the battery and charger with an old dual halogen setup with dual 10watt 12v bulbs that doesn't have a battery now.
I see the ballast for sale on Ebay for around 28 dollars. If that will fix it, that isn't all that much but just how bright will the light be compared to my Cygolite 350 LED light that I have on my bike now. I like the helmet mount that the light has so I would like to use that.
The problem is that the light doesn't want to fire. It flickers a tiny bit then goes off.
If I play with it long enough, it will eventually fire on and finally lights up.
Not sure if it is a normal brightness though after it finally fires on.
I was told that the ballast was bad when the light was given to me (it was free).
Since the battery pack and the charger seem to be okay, if the light itself is not worth fixing, then I will use the battery and charger with an old dual halogen setup with dual 10watt 12v bulbs that doesn't have a battery now.
I see the ballast for sale on Ebay for around 28 dollars. If that will fix it, that isn't all that much but just how bright will the light be compared to my Cygolite 350 LED light that I have on my bike now. I like the helmet mount that the light has so I would like to use that.