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All these volts/resistances and current draws!

In the end a glow plug is very similar to any other.
What is important is Watts. To get say 80 watts they could make a glow plug draw 10 amps at 8 volts. Or 40 amps at 2 volts.
The product of the volts x the amps is the watts, That's watt its all about really!
From the watts you can get the resistance. There is a formula but seeing we have both volts and amps- use them.
R = V/I ( I used for Amps). So the resistance is 8/10=0.8 ohms in case one and 2/40= 0.05.in the second case.

One thing about using a 'cold' measurement when trying to read resistance is that as that resistance gets hotter and hotter the resistance gets higher and higher. So its basically a waste of time doing this.
Measure the current and then the voltage across the glow plug- work out its resistance then compare with the reading your multimeter gives you. You'll find a big discrepancy. But taking the current through the load ( the glow plug) and the voltage across it will gave an accurate Wattage and the resistance will be good two.

TC29D glow plug resistance
New Holland Tractors
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