[TR] p700 lights with sidelight

[Tom Walling]

Save your money Jeff. You don't need a resistor unless you're trying to get the turn signal light on the dash (well... speedo) to work when the marker lights are on. Here's a video from Moss that explains why ballast resistors are needed and how to fit them. https://mossmotors.com/ballast-resistor-for-led-bulb-conversions


> On January 25, 2018 at 9:49 AM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 2:42 AM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sidelights in the headlamp are in fact pretty common on European lamps (back
> > when lights were more like our cars).  They're wired exactly as Randall
> > notes -- as parking lights.
> >
> > The tiny wattage from the sidelight bulb would make no difference to the
> > main or dipped beam.  They can be ignored when the real lights are on --
> > there's no real reason to have them turn off.
> 
> 
> I bought some Hella headlights with the same feature.  My plan was to
> put an LED in there with appropriate resistor outside the lens.  No
> extra heat at all, and they can run all the time the ignition is on
> with no detriment to charging or operation that I could see.
> 
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
> 
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