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Does anyone know what that resistor type device is behind the radiator?

I thought it was the ignition ballst resistor but it has brown wires and a permanent 12v feed.

Mine just got very hot and started smoking!

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Is it the dim-dip resistor to drop the voltage down from 12v to achieve the dim-dip sidelights?

Maybe, but the upper terminal has parted from the rest of it and the headlights still work OK in dip and main beam.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

If it is the dim dip resistor, they will do. They just won't work in dim-dip (e.g. sidelights on, ign ket turned on)

yeah, it is the dim dip doobrey.

also comes in handy for spreading filler in an emergency...

That's odd then.

Why would it suddenly start smoking and disintegrate?

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Hi,
All electrical equipment has smoke in it.
It's only when the smoke escapes that you get problems!
You may find the poxy orange relay under the dash has suffered the same fate!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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yup, iirc its the brown wire from the relay that goes to the dim-dip, at least thats the one i chopped back in the day when i had angel eyes to make em work properly.