I have a 12V SPST cube relay in my junque box. The diagram molded into the
relay¹s housing includes a component connected in parallel with the coil
which looks suspiciously like a resistor.

It¹s not a back-emf diode: I connected the relay coil using both polarities
(using a current-limited power supply) and the same current draw is measured.


What is the purpose of this resistor?

Thanks,
Dave