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Spoon-Accord
18-12-2004, 03:06 PM
hey guys..

i just changed my bumper indicator lights to be little fog/parkers.. and my parkers to indicators..

the thing is now it blinks very very quick..

alot of people say get a resister so it will stop blinking fast..

thing is that.. my bumper globe was like 25 watts..
now its chaged to 2x5 watts globes.. which its still missing 10 watts and it blinking quick

does anyone know wat kinda resisitor i need?

i got an accord btw
Ken

flipmods
18-12-2004, 10:49 PM
I not exactly sure what you are doing but to my calculations a 21w globe has a resistance of 7 ohms and a 5w globe has a resistance of 29 ohms.
Therefore if your blinker was originally 21w and is now 5w then you are 22 ohms over so you should be reducing the resistance rather than increasing it. But unfortunately it is not as simple as adding a resistor to the wires going to the bulb. I might be a bit rusty with my electronics so you are better off sending a private message to ECU man or pro ecu to confirm my calculations.:D