testing a ignitor

[lee mcgregor]

lads is there anyways you can test a ignitor in a light to see if working correctly with multimeter like a ohms reading or anything like that.???? apart from the obvious like if the lights working its ok haha. just for my own knowledge thats all . thanks

 

[wattsup]

Ignitor testing, thats a new one on me, I don't understand the question? Why would you need to test? At a guess the lighting filiment fcked, ha ha ha ?

 

[desertbootz]

Would've thought it all depends on the type, manufacturer, etc. as they use different methods of operation. If I recall they are mostly capacitors and volt-sense switches (although the carlos fandango versions can have IC's to make them 'smart') and often encapsulated so unless you know what's in there it's a bit tricky to see what or how you might test them... now watch me get shot down by a proper sparky :O)