Can anyone telkl me if this is an ok way to test if a transformer is working ok? I don't want to damage it.
Situation: ceiling light fitting with 12 small halogen lamps, all run from a transformer inside the fitting cap, 230V to primary, 11.5V out of secondary side. It's not on the ceiling now, it's on the floor. Would it be ok/safe just to put a plug on the flex and my megger across the output side to check the voltage. If 11.5V reading, then transformer ok?
The thing doesn't work any more. One lamp went and I left it for a few weeks and I suspect that it might have had a bad effect on the transformer, calling for a different load from whet it was designed to offer????????
I've continuity tested through all the other lamps and they are ok.
Situation: ceiling light fitting with 12 small halogen lamps, all run from a transformer inside the fitting cap, 230V to primary, 11.5V out of secondary side. It's not on the ceiling now, it's on the floor. Would it be ok/safe just to put a plug on the flex and my megger across the output side to check the voltage. If 11.5V reading, then transformer ok?
The thing doesn't work any more. One lamp went and I left it for a few weeks and I suspect that it might have had a bad effect on the transformer, calling for a different load from whet it was designed to offer????????
I've continuity tested through all the other lamps and they are ok.