HID's and water? Bad mix?

[titanium02]

Flooded the driver's side fog with snow.. melted.. now it's 1/2 full of water. (well, was 1/2 full of water)

from my understanding... those bulbs get hot.. and if dirty water was on the bulb, won't that be a problem?

I re-sealed the housing.. still some vapor in there tho.. goes nuts when I light it up-

 

[chistoso]

That blows.. Glad I don't have that problem here in AZ

 

[Anthony]

Same happened to me and it blew my......ballast haha

The bulb was fine so I ordered a new set of ballasts and now have an extra and 2 extra bulbs

 

[Bailey-Hoe!]

Flooded the driver's side fog with snow.. melted.. now it's 1/2 full of water. (well, was 1/2 full of water)
from my understanding... those bulbs get hot.. and if dirty water was on the bulb, won't that be a problem?

I re-sealed the housing.. still some vapor in there tho.. goes nuts when I light it up-

Yikes, just wait till its all evaporated to fire it up. Pull bulb and clean with alcohol or even windex in a pinch. Blow dry the housing with bulb out or fill with alcohol, pour out, and then blow dry. Did it crack too? I actually put a bead of silicone around my fogs, bumperlights, and DEPO prpjectors just in case there was a quality issue. Cheap insurance.

BB

 

[vatahoelt]

that sucks. at least the snow didn't break your fog light like it did mine. damn plastic bracket broke. luckily i was able to rivet a piece of metal over the two pieces.

i would definitely get all moisture out and try to clean the bulb with alcohol as well before firing it back up.

 

[titanium02]

Pulled the fog, opened it up. Cleaned bulb with alcohol and lint free cloth, same with housing.

Blow-dried it all and re-sealed with black RTV silicone.. also sealed the projectors, bumper lights, and tails..

took forever