Electrics - Wattage and resistance - urgent indicator question

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LuckyStriker

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Hi I hope someone can give advice before I'm off to the shops

I had to remove my rear indicators and replace them with smaller ones. It was partly due to my obsessive pimping but mostly because of real necessity.

The original rear OEM blinkers are 10W each. The new and smaller LED ones are 1W each. The result is they flicker much faster than they are supposed to. The electrical current is affected because the front OEM flickers are strobing faster too.

I assume I have to install some sort of resistor to draw amps or watts or whatever. I'm not so good with auto electrics and would appreciate some advice before I go to the shop and ask for the wrong items.

Thanks
 
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