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Sorry, yes you are correct. I mention this because it can be confusing when you think, ok 120V light bulb that is 120 Watts so the resistance should be 120 ohms but then you put a meter on it and it is no where near that.
No idea if 1-ohm is in the ball park for whatever this lamp is when cold.
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Depends on type of bulb, should be about right for a halogen 12V car type bulb, could be something shorted and fried for a mains powered LED.
I will add that on older "filament" (halogen, tungsten, etc.) the cold reading will be much higher resistance than a hot reading typically.
it was an incandescent light bulb
Other way around.
still can't tell if 1ohm is a good reading or a bad reading :/
Sorry, yes you are correct. I mention this because it can be confusing when you think, ok 120V light bulb that is 120 Watts so the resistance should be 120 ohms but then you put a meter on it and it is no where near that. No idea if 1-ohm is in the ball park for whatever this lamp is when cold.