About a week ago I went to warm up my car in the morning, turned on my headlights and noticed one of my rings were not lit up. So I came out about ten minutes later and all the rings were lit. Now sometimes 2 or 3 rings will not light when I fist turn on my headlights. It takes about 5 minutes for all of them to come on. I just installed them barely a month ago, so I know the rings are not burnt out or anything. It started doing this right as the weather got cooler. I do have those cheap black ballasts. Should I just replace the ballasts? If so where do I find just the ballasts on the net? Thanks

It has nothing to do with your ballast. This is going to be a common problem for a lot of CCFL users. The cold weather will affect the rings until the inside of the housing reaches above 50 degrees. They do not work very effectively in cold weather. This goes for ALL CCFL rings.

Thanks, never knew they were temperature sensitive. Saved me some $$$ :biggrin:

This happend to me the first day I put them in.. Was told the same buy the seller of them. Just takes time to warm up.

Got a question though Ken, does it hurt the life or quality of the CCFLs to have them in through a harsh winter? I live in Kansas City *obviously hehe* and we have some wicked bad snow/cold weather.. Would it be smart to put in my stock ones for the winter? Or are the CCFLs fine staying in?

This happend to me the first day I put them in.. Was told the same buy the seller of them. Just takes time to warm up.

Got a question though Ken, does it hurt the life or quality of the CCFLs to have them in through a harsh winter? I live in Kansas City *obviously hehe* and we have some wicked bad snow/cold weather.. Would it be smart to put in my stock ones for the winter? Or are the CCFLs fine staying in?
They should be ok.