Can anybody tell me where the dim/dip resistor is located in a Peugeot 106?

Any advice on how to replace the resistor or how to bypass it would also be
appreciated.

My dipped beam headlights do not work but sidelights and full beam
headlights do work and the dashboard lights correspond with the setting I
have set the headlight switch to so I think I can rule out blown
bulbs/fuses or a faulty headlight switch which leaves the dim/dip resistor
as a likely culprit.

Cheers for any help

Andy

If there is a resistor it'll be wired in parallel, so that's not your 
problem. Did you check the bulbs?

John


"Andy B"  wrote in message 
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> Can anybody tell me where the dim/dip resistor is located in a Peugeot 
> 106?
>
> Any advice on how to replace the resistor or how to bypass it would also 
> be
> appreciated.
>
> My dipped beam headlights do not work but sidelights and full beam
> headlights do work and the dashboard lights correspond with the setting I
> have set the headlight switch to so I think I can rule out blown
> bulbs/fuses or a faulty headlight switch which leaves the dim/dip resistor
> as a likely culprit.
>
> Cheers for any help
>
> Andy 

"Andy B"  wrote in message 
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> Can anybody tell me where the dim/dip resistor is located in a Peugeot 
> 106?
>
> Any advice on how to replace the resistor or how to bypass it would also 
> be
> appreciated.
>
> My dipped beam headlights do not work but sidelights and full beam
> headlights do work and the dashboard lights correspond with the setting I
> have set the headlight switch to so I think I can rule out blown
> bulbs/fuses or a faulty headlight switch which leaves the dim/dip resistor
> as a likely culprit.
>
> Cheers for any help
>
> Andy


Resistor? Why would there be any need for a resistor? Usualy headlights have 
two filimant bulbs, or two seperate bulbs, and a relay to switch or the 
other on. But no resistor in any car I've ever worked on!

Alan.

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> Resistor? Why would there be any need for a resistor? Usualy
> headlights have 
> two filimant bulbs, or two seperate bulbs, and a relay to switch or the 
> other on. But no resistor in any car I've ever worked on!


For some years UK (and some other) cars had a system which ran the
headlights at low power if sidelights were on with the engine running.
This was to stop wazzocks driving about on sidelights at night. It was
often done with a resistor - though some systems used a chopper.

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Skipweasel.
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And the word was Aardvark.

In article , Guy King says...

> It was
> often done with a resistor - though some systems used a chopper.
> 

How the hell did they fit that in an engine bay?

-- 
Conor

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Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart, Extras.

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> In article , Guy King says...
> > It was
> > often done with a resistor - though some systems used a chopper.
> >
> How the hell did they fit that in an engine bay?
>
> --
> Conor
>



was only a little Raleigh lol(ok spelt wrong i know)

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> > often done with a resistor - though some systems used a chopper.
> > 
> How the hell did they fit that in an engine bay?


Crash 'em hard enough and you can fit a helicopter into almost anything.

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And the word was Aardvark.

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> In article , Guy King says...
>> It was
>> often done with a resistor - though some systems used a chopper.
>>
> How the hell did they fit that in an engine bay?
>
>


<Smug Mode>
My chopper won't fit in the engine bay either
<SM off>

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"Your mother can't climb stairs"
Dalek playground taunt

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> <Smug Mode>
> My chopper won't fit in the engine bay either
> <SM off>


Oh, god, another internet axeman!

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Alan wrote:

> "Andy B"  wrote in message 
> news:dffcqp$5ca$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> 
>>Can anybody tell me where the dim/dip resistor is located in a Peugeot 
>>106?

> Resistor? Why would there be any need for a resistor? Usualy headlights have 
> two filimant bulbs, or two seperate bulbs, and a relay to switch or the 
> other on. But no resistor in any car I've ever worked on!


How many 106s?  Or 306s for that matter?

Douglas

If your dipped headlights (the full brilliance ones) don't work then the 
fault can't be the dim dip resistor, as this is only used for producing a 
dimmed headlight by being wired in series with the bulb, and in the full dip 
mode it should be shorted out by a switch or relay contact in parallel with 
the resistor.  There was so much wiring involved on dim dip systems that 
reduced brilliance on the normal dip position was a problem.  I measured 1 
volt loss at the bulb contacts due to all the wiring on a 1994 Primera so I 
shorted it all out with a direct link from chassis to the bulb wiring (the 
more negative end) to get brighter headlights, removing it a MOT time so the 
dim dip worked properly.