Good/inexpensive source for replacement CCFL Halo inverters
03-18-2010, 09:59 AM
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Good/inexpensive source for replacement CCFL Halo inverters While I am in my "lighting" mode, playing with the white and amber LEDs and such, I figured I might as well source some new inverters for the halos...so I googled it and found this place:
http://www.elwirepros.com/halo-inverter.html
For $4.50/ea + USPS priority shipping, it seems like a decent price. I bought 3 and paid $21. I bought last Friday and they shipped Monday, arriving from CA in Buffalo yesterday afternoon.
They seem well constructed (aluminum boxes) and well sealed. They come with kit-specific connectors (probably for their own halo kit) that need to be snipped off. I did this and wired one up last night and they work beautifully. I left the headlight with the working inverter alone just to see how much longer before it fails.
Their inverter is about 2.5" x 7/8" x 5/8"...a bit smaller than the plastic OE units. They do not come with d/s tape, so you will need to fasten them with screws or use 3M d/s tape of your own. I used tape I had on hand, and it fits nicely where the original inverter boxes were.
My soldering gun died, so I decided to just twist the wires and use heatshrink tubing, which may be my only problem. The smallest heatshrink tubing I could find at autozone did not shrink enough to completely seal the ends, so I may have to go back later on and use crimp connectors.
I'll keep you posted on their performance.
http://www.elwirepros.com/halo-inverter.html
For $4.50/ea + USPS priority shipping, it seems like a decent price. I bought 3 and paid $21. I bought last Friday and they shipped Monday, arriving from CA in Buffalo yesterday afternoon.
They seem well constructed (aluminum boxes) and well sealed. They come with kit-specific connectors (probably for their own halo kit) that need to be snipped off. I did this and wired one up last night and they work beautifully. I left the headlight with the working inverter alone just to see how much longer before it fails.
Their inverter is about 2.5" x 7/8" x 5/8"...a bit smaller than the plastic OE units. They do not come with d/s tape, so you will need to fasten them with screws or use 3M d/s tape of your own. I used tape I had on hand, and it fits nicely where the original inverter boxes were.
My soldering gun died, so I decided to just twist the wires and use heatshrink tubing, which may be my only problem. The smallest heatshrink tubing I could find at autozone did not shrink enough to completely seal the ends, so I may have to go back later on and use crimp connectors.
I'll keep you posted on their performance.
