Posted by Pete7 on November 20, 2009 at 16:39:15 from (72.65.36.65):
I am hooking up the headlights on a Farmall 340. Tractor has been converted to 12 volts and the headlights are 12 volt sealed beams. About 35 watts for each of the 2 lights. The switch is a 3 position type (off,dim,bright,rear). Boy,that coiled spring type resistor on the back gets smoking hot when the switch is in the dim position. That got me to thinking that maybe I should be using a different switch, a 12 volt version? And why did they make a dim position anyhow since it just burning off the electric to keep the lights dim. You are still draining your battery so why would you even use that setting? Pete
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