-=> Mike Ross said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "VEHICLE LED'S" on 10-05-03  23:58.....

 RJT> The other thing that just comes to mind with those is that underneath
 RJT> the mounting base were wire-wound "resistors",  maybe 2
or 3 of them.
 
 GM> Usually wound on mica strips. IIRC they were connected across the
 GM> "buzzing" contacts of the voltage and current control relays to
 GM> minimize arcing.

 MR> That's not the right thing to do however because the capacitor causes

What capacitor? These are wirewound RESISTORS.

To refresh your memory, I have also included the quote from Roy's
message.

From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia
   "Queen City of The South"    34:55 S  138:36 E

... I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK.
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