Hella 100W hi-beam + factory plug question

[mrk5]

I recently did the headlight relay conversion plus the Hella H4 conversion as well. I found some 55W/100W bulbs to run so I have normalish low-beam and super bright hi-beam.

I bought them through Amazon and noticed in the "others also bought" list there were little adpter plugs for between the bulb and the factory plug. The special thing about them was the plug on the bulb is ceramic so they can handle more heat.

It turned out one of those ceramic plug adapters is no good. Not sure why, I was in a rush to get it done to drive to Blazer Bash the next day so I couldn't diagnose it. Only went far enough to figure out it was the little adapter. The other one works fine. I was worried about the 100W creating too much heat for the factory plastic plug housing so I put in the 55W/65W bulb that the conversion kit came with to be safe.

I'm curious if anyone else running the H4 conversions with 100W bulbs is just running the factory plugs?

 

[Blue85]

Do you have a link to the adapter? If it plugs into the factory plug, then it's doing nothing for current handling - the assumption is that the bulb itself is really hot. That would make me worry about plastic headlamp housings.

If the socket failed, it was probably a bad crimp where the wire meets the terminal. For premade stuff like this, it's usually worth the few minutes it takes to extract the terminal, solder the core crimp and re-assemble.

 

[mrk5]

I figured it was due to heat more than current, at least for me.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008DWPYO4/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1#immersive-view_1442667443429

I did some searching before I bought it but didn't see anyone discussing heat from 100W bulbs. I figured there was a reason they make them so maybe I should play it safe.

I actually have the connectors and crimper to redo the terminal ends so I will probably try that. I'm half tempted to just wire straight to the ceramic housing and just eliminate the factory plug and little pigtail.