How To Tell If A Headlight Is Bad - Testing A Headlight Bulb

Testing a headlight is sometimes important because these days bulbs can cost you over $30 a piece! You can easily test your bulb to troubleshoot a different problem that is your actual issue!
A headlight fix can be simple or complicated! You decide!
I hope you enjoy this video on how to tell if a headlight is bad. Very easy, just need to use some common sense and a multimeter.
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  • @jazzstarish4186
    @jazzstarish41862 жыл бұрын

    Prince William after hours.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    2 жыл бұрын

    😎😎😎

  • @BrianTheTrader
    @BrianTheTrader Жыл бұрын

    Video starts at 4:00

  • @thakillerb

    @thakillerb

    5 ай бұрын

    Legend

  • @GothConservative
    @GothConservative2 жыл бұрын

    Just learning how to use my multimeter so I can make sure I everything is cool with my fuel pump wire as I put it back together. I also looked this up because I want to make a test light and had a bulb I was going to use but wanted to make sure works before I make it. Thanks for the tutorial!

  • @brianw9030
    @brianw9030 Жыл бұрын

    Good thing you are the only person smart enough to do electrical work. Basic electrical work is not that complicated . So must took you years to master getting the light to glow!!

  • @sculptor210
    @sculptor2102 жыл бұрын

    Heading outside with my DMM and third bulb. Thank you for the much-needed testing info!

  • @gaurangbhatt5302
    @gaurangbhatt5302 Жыл бұрын

    Very useful. I thought my bulb was bad, but the filament looked OK. So before heading out to the store, I said there's gotta be a way to check the bulb. Found your video and confirmed the bulb was actually good, it was just that some connections weren't tight. Thanks for the video.⭐

  • @allanbokosina4952
    @allanbokosina49529 ай бұрын

    I thought i was checking my headlight bulbs the wrong way. But you explain it exactly how i did test mine.Thanks for this Great video👍👍👍👍👍👍💪💪

  • @Dnasty1
    @Dnasty110 ай бұрын

    Great video, I have always been lucky enough for stuff to go out and filaments stay in tact. Even my fuses tend to look perfect when they're done.

  • @dougmiller4567
    @dougmiller45672 жыл бұрын

    Very clear and very, very helpful... thank you

  • @hossnippermopar
    @hossnippermopar6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video bud🔧 Anytime I get into electric work it turns out to be a shocking experience🔧🔧 This is a video I take very seriously for just that reason! Thanks🔧🔧🔧

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    6 жыл бұрын

    I didn't want to get too in depth with it. Trial run of some vehicle electrical. There will probably be more advanced videos in the future about relays, circuits, etc.

  • @mannyoliveira8271
    @mannyoliveira8271 Жыл бұрын

    Loved your video. It was a great help to me. Thanks and cheers from Toronto, Canada.

  • @reycormac6165
    @reycormac61653 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, this helped me fix the headlight on my 1973 Harley.

  • @PersianGulf007
    @PersianGulf00710 ай бұрын

    Short & precise!! Thank you!!

  • @alwaysup2late
    @alwaysup2late6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, very detailed. Makes complete sense about the complexity of electronics 👍 most times I hook a 12v power supply directly to the bulb, but the multimeter is definitely the correct way to do it

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah you can do it both ways. Your way involves electricity! Hahaha no need. Either way gets results so it's just up to the end user!

  • @alwaysup2late

    @alwaysup2late

    6 жыл бұрын

    TheDurbinCompound for sure, multimeter is way safer too haha

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    6 жыл бұрын

    Everything is safe with common sense! But that's not too common these days hahaha.

  • @alwaysup2late

    @alwaysup2late

    6 жыл бұрын

    TheDurbinCompound its all about moderation haha

  • @Jottingsfrom
    @Jottingsfrom3 жыл бұрын

    helped a lot, thanks

  • @codylewis1349
    @codylewis13494 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, wouldn't have a clue how to use my volt meter and you explained what settings I need perfectly/. Now gotta fin what to do it when i turn my headlight on and I don't have power!

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nothing but good things!

  • @Defectordrunkzone
    @Defectordrunkzone4 жыл бұрын

    It looks like the guy that installed the xenon lights in my car was working in the dark because the installation is so messed up. I will test everything tomorrow. Nice informative video by the way, straight to the point.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’ve seen my fair share of those hack jobs. It’s a shame. Good luck

  • @Defectordrunkzone

    @Defectordrunkzone

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheDurbinCompound I fixed it.I tested the whole wire connection in front but i didn't have any current.It was just a bad fuse.Sometimes it is better to just start from the easy stuff. Thank you anyway and have a nice day.

  • @Hordex94
    @Hordex9410 ай бұрын

    Good, informative video. Thank you.

  • @rodgrickaustin932
    @rodgrickaustin9322 жыл бұрын

    Great info. Thanks.

  • @jad_23
    @jad_233 жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot brother 🙏🏽

  • @uberloss
    @uberloss Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I didn't expect that this way you could check it.

  • @landonmillett4717
    @landonmillett4717 Жыл бұрын

    “Bumpin my gums” def gonna be using that one. 😂 Thank you.

  • @abrahamvaro5482
    @abrahamvaro54822 ай бұрын

    Very nice video ,thanks

  • @rl4889
    @rl48892 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video !!!!!! Ty

  • @iandalton3929
    @iandalton39293 жыл бұрын

    Bless your heart

  • @georgepower7115
    @georgepower7115 Жыл бұрын

    My left turn signal light bulb went out. Went to auto zone to buy a replacement. Worked perfectly. Now, I took a look at the old one and it doesn’t look bad, everything is in place, I even tested it for continuity and that works too. So how come? Any ideas? I’m starting to think my dash light might have that issue since it’s not working at the moment but tested the light bulbs and it gave me a reading. Any other method to test those? Thanks

  • @BlueCivid
    @BlueCivid Жыл бұрын

    My eBay fog lights stopped working I’m assuming it’s the bulbs so I’ll be doing this. Thanks a ton

  • @CasablancaConfidential
    @CasablancaConfidential Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ratherrapid
    @ratherrapid Жыл бұрын

    love those eye damaging headlights in ur Landrover!

  • @MechanicForGMCCars
    @MechanicForGMCCars Жыл бұрын

    what wuld do xenon bulbs with out ballast? me car runs for years great but sudenly it started self acelerating I suspect arcing or relays interact with xenon or dual filament buls posibly alternator back fead problem. So me question Is can I use diodes on xenon bulbs or potenciometer or dimmer to determine where is the problem? In other words me engine trothel cabel gets magnetised the metalic springs got contrapted leaveing me at full trothel and that is dangerouse. Me car us old Opel from the 80s tipical GM lay out with hei ignition and I only have positive linear voltage regulator. So need advice how to see where the problems comes from static isnt mentiomed in repair shops. Or with what is static meshured? And yes me alternator has no diode in the dash board and oddly enough the fiel wire from alternator also is split wire cinected to me 4pin relay pin 86 for windscren defroster. So Im preaty much confused what to do here I disnanteled all me wire harnest It looks like desaster so I want to build independent circuets to by pass thise mentioned problem what fuse you recomend to use I want head light seperate and rear lights to be seperare what diode radings shuld I use for me relays and lights?

  • @nyz3rjp783
    @nyz3rjp7833 жыл бұрын

    Sir, how about h4 headlight ? Thank you sharing

  • @jacobmasters4757
    @jacobmasters4757 Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful video, thank you. I subscribed. 👍I have a question, i have a 2012 honda crv exl and both of my high beams stopped working at the same time. It's only one bulb for the lows and highs, if i put a meter on my headlight plug-in and turn the key and switch it to my brights is that how I need to determine if my switch or connector is bad? Will the meter give two different reading for the lows and highs? All the fueses are good, but I can't find a relay for my headlights. Thank you

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    Жыл бұрын

    The high and low beams are lit up using separate wires. So low beams will be lit with one wire supplying 12V. Then when you turn on high beams, a second wire will supply 12V to a different part of the bulb. Usually that means there is 3 wires to a single bulb (2 voltage wires, 1 ground) OR two separate bulbs

  • @jacobmasters4757

    @jacobmasters4757

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheDurbinCompound Thank you very much, im just about to try that now. 👍

  • @pyrusmasterdan1
    @pyrusmasterdan16 ай бұрын

    i just learned so much

  • @CarlosRodriguez-pl3mq
    @CarlosRodriguez-pl3mq3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! This is exactly the information I needed. Btw, excellent presentation, informative and easy to follow.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comment! Appreciate you! Hope to see you around the channel!

  • @itsyazzypoo
    @itsyazzypoo3 жыл бұрын

    thank you for honest opinion that car electronics tend to be complex and most of the time not for amature diy-ers. I am one of them and I always wanna make sure to always go to professionals for things that sound complex and way off my amateur diy-er skills

  • @scottabendan2452
    @scottabendan2452 Жыл бұрын

    Hi! will having a lower voltage affect how bright the light would be? I've been having troubles with my car's low beam, we've already tried swapping out the old halogens with Philips Ultinon G2 LEDs. The lights only turned white, but it didn't seem like they got brighter.

  • @johncollins5552

    @johncollins5552

    8 күн бұрын

    Probably not the bulb at issue but the relay that switches between high beam and dipped/low beam.

  • @amirhosseinravaei2513
    @amirhosseinravaei2513 Жыл бұрын

    just great 👌

  • @mateoalzate1738
    @mateoalzate17382 жыл бұрын

    i have two LED bulbs..one of them is flickering and the ommeter reads 067.3, the good one reads 072.5.. i switch sides🔄 on headlamp and still flickers.. is it a defective buld by the ommeter reading... it lights up but after a while it blinks and flickers on either side of the cad headlamp...

  • @GiftedLover
    @GiftedLover2 жыл бұрын

    This video is so helpful and professionally done. Thank you.

  • @davidpugh5826
    @davidpugh58262 жыл бұрын

    What's the next step if there is no power to the electrical connector?

  • @abeldlt4338
    @abeldlt43383 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the down & dirty 👍🏻

  • @keithh3767
    @keithh37672 жыл бұрын

    should the headlight connector (Pigtail/PowersuPPly) always read 12v on every vehicle?

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m going to say yes. The bulbs are all the same across vehicles and they require 12V

  • @davet9387
    @davet93874 жыл бұрын

    This is the info that I needed, so thanks for that. But I almost gave up because there's WAY too much narrative.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah sometimes I can be long winded 😂

  • @davet9387

    @davet9387

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheDurbinCompound No worries - was intending to be constructive, not bitchy. Thanks again.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    4 жыл бұрын

    D T hahaha appreciate you! This is one of my earlier videos. I have tried to limit keep stuff short and sweet now!

  • @Tahsin_Hussain
    @Tahsin_Hussain Жыл бұрын

    Car Main head light working but High beam not working? How can we check the bulb for High beam fault?

  • @dtalebankz3598
    @dtalebankz35982 жыл бұрын

    So it has to be 1 ohm from base line? Cause my reading on the bulb says .7 I think that’s bad

  • @francob
    @francob2 жыл бұрын

    Very useful video.. thanks

  • @rickr2885
    @rickr2885 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone know how to test a xenon headlight? I do this step but the headlight just flashed on and off instead of staying on.

  • @UdayaRai-mo4ur
    @UdayaRai-mo4ur9 күн бұрын

    Udaya💡💡

  • @muhammadsteinberg
    @muhammadsteinberg2 жыл бұрын

    You look like Prince William. You wouldn't happen to know pinouts for sylvania 9000vx bulb would you? Lowbeam on drivers side not working. Replaced bulb and it's not working. I'm about to take passenger side bulb out (which I know works) but I have to remove battery to get to it. Sylvania's site offers no information.

  • @mlwee6796
    @mlwee67963 жыл бұрын

    You poked the 2 multimeter probes into the bulb socket, but there are 3 different wires in the bulb socket.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    3 жыл бұрын

    If it has 3 wires, you are looking at a dual filament bulb.

  • @mlwee6796

    @mlwee6796

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheDurbinCompound oic, the middle wire is the common?

  • @Theatrelove
    @Theatrelove8 ай бұрын

    Okay demi god

  • @JohnPiperBoots
    @JohnPiperBoots11 ай бұрын

    1. Bad bulb = NO continuity. 2. Good bulb = continuity. Thanks.

  • @7vanzzy7
    @7vanzzy73 жыл бұрын

    What if I test the connector and I'm getting like 1.3 and it's fluctuating. Does that mean the connector is bad?

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    3 жыл бұрын

    1.3 ohms? Where exactly are you testing from?

  • @7vanzzy7

    @7vanzzy7

    3 жыл бұрын

    1.3 volts when testing the connector. I ended up replacing the ground and now it's working fine.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ahhh gotcha. I’m glad you figured it out!

  • @kesterlow7970
    @kesterlow79703 жыл бұрын

    Your subtitle blocks everything

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please tell me more so I can help you!

  • @ESMARSALAZAR
    @ESMARSALAZARАй бұрын

    What. ????? All that to test a bulb ??? You're kidding right ????

  • @MrBarrynicholas
    @MrBarrynicholas4 жыл бұрын

    I gave up after 3 minutes too much yakking.

  • @tekeek

    @tekeek

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what fast forward is for. I ended up going back through the narrative after I got what I needed due to his explanation was spot on.

  • @TheDurbinCompound

    @TheDurbinCompound

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can’t make everyone happy....

  • @olddirtyburt7522

    @olddirtyburt7522

    2 жыл бұрын

    You gotta wait for the money shot!

  • @gllsbcdkdmdmsjjjsbbbh
    @gllsbcdkdmdmsjjjsbbbh8 ай бұрын

    Magic hahaha!!! I guess high school grade 6? hahahahaha