Thanks Bill. I just watched 2 other videos, just too much yapping abut nothing, yours was straight to the point, thank you ! 🙂

This information is going straight into my tool box. Thank you. Ive had power trouble in this house and I was concerned it was on the frits again but its just the bulbs. Thank god for that.

Thank you very much for showing me how to use a meter. It's ironic that my dad is an electronics engineer, and taught his students how to use a meter yet he didn't teach me. You video was short and to the point.

@billeaglerunner6844

8 жыл бұрын

+galvarez1202 Thank you. Glad to help.

@jasonlebert4225

7 жыл бұрын

galvarez1202 what video

@dasupreme7864

6 жыл бұрын

galvarez1202 sssa

@shaun7057

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was an electronics engineer as well and while he didn't teach me to much of what he knew he did teach me some of the basics

Thank you for the simple and easy explanation

Very helpful. Thanks. 👍 Mark

@shanebyrne6404

7 ай бұрын

Also, the tread of an Edison screw bulb is the neutral and the pin on the bottom is connected to the phase

Thank you.

Great. BTW, how many ohms should that boulb have?

@williambrewer

4 жыл бұрын

Why does it have 17.5!?! That would mean it was a 800 Watt light bulb!

Thanks for the help in advance. Is there a way to check a Pressure Sodium Lamp with a Multi Meter???

@kensclark

8 жыл бұрын

+lab rat You probably have your answer by now since a year has gone by, but I believe sodium lamps run by two electrodes exciting sodium atoms to produce light. This means that it uses a gas, not a filament.

Bill, can a CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) type bulb be checked with a multimeter? I have some CFL's with four pins, and I can get a reading with the ohms settings on my multimeter, but I don't know if this actually is determinative as to if the bulb is good.

@billeaglerunner6844

9 жыл бұрын

No. They light up from mercury-gas vapor not a filament.

Hi, I have a blown bulb in my car 12v6w wedge bulb and It shoows MegaOhms when checking resistance. I dont understand how a blown bulb develops high resistance. Can you explain?

why my multimeter when in Ωhm mode goes like crazy up and down and then shows 0?...

Please help. I am wanting to change my MES bulbs in my jukebox cd player and have been told if i don`t use the right ones I could blow many of the components. There are many bulbs on Ebay displaying voltage and amps (mA) etc. When i use a multimeter on the current working bulbs, I am get 8 Ohms. So which volt and amp bulbs should i buy? Thanks in advance.

Doesent work on christmastree lightbulbs. I meassure no resistance, but the bulbs works.

i just listen for the beep on my meter and never worry about resistance readings..if it beeps it works plain and simple especially when testing entire branch circuits with it screwed in...when i'm at the panel and i disconnect the wires the box and do a continuity check for short circuits or open circuits...doesn't work if ya got cfL's or florescent tubes though, i learned..

@billeaglerunner6844

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info and Thx for watching.

@chocolate_squiggle

3 жыл бұрын

You are testing for continuity - multimeters only beep below a certain Ohms reading to indicate continuity. So you may test something that is SUPPOSED to have a higher reading, and even if perfectly fine, it may never beep. This will depend on your multimeter brand and model.

Sir,i have one Question,in what reading showing the bulb is no longer function.? i mean the bad bulb..

@billeaglerunner6844

7 жыл бұрын

When you read high ohms or an open circuit. The bulb is bad. Thx for watching.

Bill or anyone reading this, is there a reason why the continuity setting doesn't work on testing the light bulbs? I tried using continuity on good and bad bulbs but neither case showed continuity.

@andruha1067

7 жыл бұрын

What's a very small bulb? I was testing regular sized fluorescent light bulb.

@rafaeloda

5 жыл бұрын

Have you figured it out?

@chocolate_squiggle

3 жыл бұрын

They might have shown an Ohms reading, the continuity buzzer just beeps / indicates when a reading is below some arbitrary resistance (Ohms) value that the multimeter manufacturer chooses. Your multimeter manual probably says what this figure is. So for a good bulb, it may register an ohms reading but not a 'continuity' reading. Generally I only use continuity for testing where I expect there to be direct continuity i.e. only the resistance of the wires.

thanks for check for bulb. weird I see 3 distances, I see 1, and 0 for the test.I thick they worked?I tried 8 and they all the same

Thankyou

Confused with ground and power?????

Check out a light bulb with an ohm meter.

@wagakamakoyo7309

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot, man!

@billeaglerunner6844

8 жыл бұрын

Kevin M Thx for watching.

My digital multimeter is way different than he used. There is ohm it has an options to select 200, 2000, 20k, 200k, &, 2000k.

@tvuser1

Жыл бұрын

You could use 200 or 2000 .. anything higher than bulb ohm reading. Or just test continuity

@shanebyrne6404

7 ай бұрын

Some digital multimeter is auto-ranging so you don't even need to select the range,try to get one

My multimeter can test an incandescent and halogen lamps.

You do not show where to plug your leads. Black into common. Red into ohms.

Why does it have 17.5!?! That would mean it was a 800 Watt light bulb!

@ozzang8139

4 жыл бұрын

Lol was wondering the same thing. I acuatually came out with close to 2000watts!! Assuming its a 110v circuit. 17.5x110=1925 Dont know... just wondering.

@samuelbrittingham1140

3 жыл бұрын

He is checking the resistance guys. That has nothing to do with Watts. All that is telling you is that the filament which is the electrical path through the light bulb is still good. If it has resistance then there is a complete circuit and it is good. If it is open then the path is broke and electricity can no longer flow. Think of it like a fuse.

Thank you.

@billeaglerunner6844

5 жыл бұрын

Thx for watching.