BALLAST RESISTOR........WHAT GIVES?

I think ballast resister is the propper term. No need to reinvent the wheel.

Like a previously owned car is still a used car.


There are many other items that are called ballast.

The gravel that holds the railroad track to the bed

A power supply for fluorescent lights

Weight in the bottom of a ship to keep it upright.


All of them have a similar purpose, they steady something, the track, the voltage /current for the light, the balance of the ship.