Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Insulation Tester (Meger)
Insulation Tester (Meger)
Megger Construction
The Megger is useful for measuring a high resistance value. It has the following parts:
❑ DC generator
❑ Two coils. They are coil A and coil B.
❑ Clutch
❑ Crank
❑ Terminal X & Y.
Majnoon Oil Field
Step (4) If the resistance to be measured is of intermediate value, then the pointer is set to infinity or zero
depending on the value of the torques produced.
Hand-driven generator present is of permanent magnet type and it is usually designed to generate a voltage in the
range of 500 to 2500 volts.
Majnoon Oil Field
Types of Megger
❑ Electronic or Battery operated Megger.
❑ Hand-driven or Manual type Megger.
Advantages of Electronic Megger
✓ Measurement accuracy is very high.
✓ It is robust and safe to use.
✓ It can be easily operated by a single person.
✓ Digital display is present in it which makes it easy to read the IR value.
✓ Its operation is less time-consuming.
✓ It can work well in a very small space.
✓ It is very compact and easily portable.
✓ It requires less maintenance as compared to other types.
Majnoon Oil Field
Application of Megger
✓ It is used for testing an Earth or Ground connection.
✓ It is also used for Relay testing.
✓ It is used for the measurement of the insulation resistance of the cable.
✓ Used for circuit breaker testing.
✓ Used for testing winding insulation of motor, generation, and transformer.
Majnoon Oil Field