Is this just a bad bulb??

[Mikes95XLT]

I have the Hiper crystal blue bulbs, and last night one of them kinda burned out. What I mean by kinda is that the bulb is on, but really really dim. And I also noticed last night that my indicator for my brights on my dash, is very dim like my brights would be on, but the indicator light is like dim sorta.... hard to explain. When I turn the headlights off the indicator turns off as well. Any ideas? Could it just be a bad bulb?

 

[99 xplorer-XLT]

it could be that the bulb is too high wattage and you messed up the wiring. this happended to me

 

[Mikes95XLT]

Hmmmmm I hope not....

 

[Alec]

What's the wattage of those bulbs?

 

[Mikes95XLT]

NEVERMIND!

Ok guys..... borrowed my friend's stock 9007's that he still had here. Went outside and put those in, and BAM works fine. Pulled out the bulb, and it was black and had a like a bulge in it! Crazy stuff....... thanks for the help guys.

 

[Crankcase]

Never touch the glass part of the bulb with your bare hands....the oil from your fingerprints will actually lower the melting temperature point tof the glass, causing it to bubble, and either burn out, or go dark, due to a lower inner pressure.

 

[Mikes95XLT]

Given.........

No I didn't touch the bulbs when I put them in. I've had them in there for about 6 months or so, so I don't think it had anything to do with that. Oh well, ordered new ones and they're on their way. I can't stand the yellow look now since I'm so used to the crystal blues. It sucks!