OEM Nissan Battery Cold Cranking Amp?? (hid problems)

[mcsniper703]

Does anyone know the Cold Cranking Amp for OEM nissan battery for our sedan?

Right now I have MAXX 35-N battery from Wal Mart, it say 640 Cold Cranking amp.
It having problem turning on all HID in lowbeam/foglights because the hid kits is 55w kit.
55wattage kit actually draw alot of power from car battery at the start up.
It never had problem when I had OEM nissan battery, till now Maxx battery is probably
the problem that my hid bulbs won't turn on because of Maxx battery have low cold
cranking power maybe... I am curious about how much cold cranking amp OEM
factory battery have.

Question is, I wonder if the OEM nissan battery have higher Cold Cranking Amp than MAXX battery 640 Cold Cranking amp??

I am currently running new hid bulbs along with old ballasts in lowbeam and foglights.

[Altered]

Just checked my OEM battery on my sedan, 550 CCA. You possibly need to replace your ballasts; if the car is able to start using the battery, then it will supply the HIDs plenty of power. The wiring may even be faulty, so you need to get a multimeter and check it out.

[SteveTheTech]

I would look at the connection of the battery terminals first. Wall-Mart batteries are famous for having just slightly smaller terminals.

If there is any gap between the bottom of the ground terminal and the base of the post you need to fix that.

The draw of xenon ballasts is indeed highest during the initial firing which can exceed 20,000 Volts but only a few amps (as the factory circuit is still only allow 15Amp max) and it only lasts a fraction of a second.

I have a similar setup (5500K) in my wifes car and she actually set a check engine light turning the headlights on and off quickly.