Hello before I can get back to my fun projects. I have to work on the ones that need to be done.
I bought my zero turn mower with fog lights already installed.
One has gone out. I used my meter to determine that there is 12 volts to the plug. 
The bulb filament still looked intact. Was going to just look and find a new bulb. But before I do is there a way to test the current bulb? It looks like it is all built into the other part of the harness that goes into that. 
Check for continuity through the element.
Or just use the big light in the sky.
Jumper wires to a battery to test.
Just learning how to use a meter, but I don’t think mine checks for continuity.
So I think maybe I will try the jumper wire.
I also searched for the bulbs online but couldn’t really find them. I just kept turning up car fog light bulbs which here different. Any body know another name to search.
Not the thread I was expecting. Going to install a 12" LED light bar on the front of my dad's mower. We'll see how that goes
Somebeach said:Just learning how to use a meter, but I don’t think mine checks for continuity.
A continuity test is simply measuring the resistance. The setting shown in your picture will work fine, measure the resistance across the two connections on the bulb - if it shows infinite resistance the filament is busted. If it's still intact it will read some low resistance value, probably a few ohms.
In reply to Somebeach :
The upside down horseshoe symbol is Ohms. All the white setting on the right side of your meter are for measuring continuity. Set it to 200 and touch the leads together and the meter should go to 1. With the leads separate, it should go to 0. Any number between those is some level of resistance. A filament in a light bulb will show some level of resistance greater than zero, but less than 1, unless it's damaged. If the meter shows 0 then the filament is broken.
Can you plug it into the other side and see if it works?
In reply to Toyman01 :
Small correction: it should not go to zero with the leads separated or on a bad bulb. It should go to “infinite” resistance where the display might have dashes or “out of range” on it.
In reply to dculberson :
I have a old Radio Shack meter that goes to 0000, but it's damn near an antique. My Fluke reads 0L. As you say, out of range.
MazdaFace said:Not the thread I was expecting. Going to install a 12" LED light bar on the front of my dad's mower. We'll see how that goes
I think that is the way to go. Those light bars a really cheap
In reply to Toyman01 :
In reply to stuart in mn :
Thanks guys that makes since. When I googled it it showed some that had a special spot for continuity, that a tone sounded if it had continuity.
I will test for the resistance tonight.
tomtomgt356 said:Can you plug it into the other side and see if it works?
I tried this. Doesn’t work in the other one either. I was just going to double check that it is the bulb, and not a further wiring issue.
If I could just find a cheap replacement bulb I would just buy it.
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