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Insulation of a wire is tested with a megger. On the whole megger testing is non destructive. What happens is a DC voltage is applied to the device or winding under test. It is an insulation test to see is the insulation has been injured in any way to cause a short circuit when normal power is applied to it. On my megger there are 3 ranges 300V, 750V, and 1000 volts. Applying the proper voltage is essential to not damaging the device you are testing. Working voltages up to 240 volts should use the 300 range. Working voltages up to 600 volts use the 750 volt range and working voltages above 600 use the 1000 volt range. As you can see if you used the 1000 volt range on a device that had a working voltage of say 24 volts you could damage the insulation just by testing it. So meggering a device is non destructive if you use the tester as its instructions tell you to.

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Open the far end of the line, and use an ohmmeter or a megger.

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Why the mho relay is used in long transmission line?

as it is most affected by arc resistance....


What should be the insulation resistance in a electrical circuit?

As we know thath insulators are the materials which are mainly use to insulate any conducting body from the LIVE supply whether 3Ph or single phase, so the reristence of such an insulator should be infinity as it should be provide maximum resistance to the flow of current through it.


When doing an insulation resistance test on an electrical circuit do you test at 500v dc or 500v ac?

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