Patent ID: 8786294

Claim:
A method for monitoring electrical properties of a load circuit controlled in a clocked manner, the load circuit having at least one ohmic component and at least one inductive component, the method comprising: establishing at least one first control signal and one second control signal, the first control signal and the second control signal being established in such a way that, in a case of activation of the load circuit using the first control signal, an inductive behavior of the load circuit predominates, and, in a case of activation of the load circuit using the second control signal, an ohmic behavior of the load circuit predominates; acquiring at least one first measured variable and at least one second measure variable of the load circuit, which are a function of a control signal and at least one of the ohmic and inductive components, in the case of activation of the load circuit using the first control signal and in the case of activation of the load circuit using the second control signal, respectively; ascertaining deviations of the first and second measured variables from measured variables which are expected for a resistor load circuit and for an inductor load circuit, respectively, on a basis of nominal values of the ohmic and inductive ohmic components; and classifying a state of the load circuit based on the ascertained deviations.