What is HID ballast?

It is very important to install a good ballast when upgrade a HID system. As all of us recognize, a HID light setsup have to be matched with lens and ballast to make sure that it could run effectively. Ballast is an essential part for the HID aftermarket installation. It would certainly influence the bulb's performance, operate rate also its life expectancy.

• Ballast, as a component of HID system, it has been utilized in HID front lights more frequently. 
• It can raise the voltage rapidly. Fast start ballast can operate within 2-3 seconds while a typical one could run in 10 seconds. 
• It could boost the voltage of the inner ballast from 12V to 23000V in serveral secs.

In a HID headlight system, the ballast provides the voltage that has to begin the bulbs and also change the current of the bulb when it is limit. 

HID systems utilize an electric arc (produce 3000-12000K in it), which needs extremely high voltage (perhaps over 20000V) to produce. And also this requires a high voltage to keep it. This takes more than 12V to create an electric arc of the light; HID light bulb will not function without the ballast.

BALLST is the key of a great projector front lights. The famous as well as top brands of Ballast are Philips, Osram, Denso, ACME, Koito, Morimoto. When choosing ballast, you need to ensure they fit the HID light bulbs to ensure that the performance and also life expectancy of the light bulbs can get to the optimum value. Otherwise, the HID bulbs is feasible to damaged or worn out.