Megger

What is Megger?
Insulation resistance IR quality of an electrical system degrades with time, environment
condition, i.e., temperature, humidity, moisture and dust particles. It also gets impacted
negatively due to the presence of electrical and mechanical stress, so it’s become very
necessary to check the IR (Insulation resistance) of equipment at a constant regular
interval to avoid any measure fatal or electrical shock.
The megger,or megohmmeter, is a high range ohmmeter.Megger is used to measure
insulation resistance and other high resistance values. It is also used for ground,
continuity, and short circuit testing of electrical power systems.
It is designed to cover a wide range(more than 1000megohms) of
resistances.
 Construction of Megger
1.Deflecting and Control coil : Connected parallel to the
generator, mounted at right angle to each other and maintain
polarities in such a way to produced torque in opposite
direction.
2.Permanent Magnets : Produce magnetic field to deflect
pointer with North-South pole magnet.
3.Pointer : One end of the pointer connected with coil another
end deflects on scale from infinity to zero.
4.Scale : A scale is provided in front-top of the megger from
range ‘zero’ to ‘infinity’, enable us to read the value.
5.D.C generator or Battery connection : Testing voltage is
produced by hand operated DC generator for manual operated
Megger. Battery / electronic voltage charger is provided for
automatic type Megger for same purpose.
6.Pressure Coil Resistance and Current Coil Resistance :
Protect instrument from any damage because of low external
electrical resistance under test.
 Working Principle of Megger
• It works on the principle of electromagnetic attraction. When a current-carrying primary coil is placed under
the influence of a magnetic field it experiences a force. This force produces a torque that is used to deflect
the pointer of the device which gives some reading.

Application of Megger
1.Measurement of high value resistances.
2.Used to measure the electrical resistance of insulators.
3.Testing of electrical components, machinery.
4.Installations for winding

Uses of Megger
The device enable us to measure electrical leakage in wire, results are very reliable as we shall be passing
electric current through device while we are testing. The equipment basically uses for verifying the electrical
insulation level of any device such as motors, cables, generators, windings, etc. This is a very popular test being
carried out since very long back. Not necessary it shows us exact area of electrical puncture but shows the
amount of leakage current and level of moisture within electrical equipment/winding/system.
 Advantages
• Preventive repairs can be done after analyzing the IR value.
• Risk can be reduced.
• Life expectancy can be improved.
• Reliability can be increased.
• Easy to operate
• Easy to carry
• Highly accurate
• Cheaper

Disadvantages
In a hand-driven type, the analog scale is used which is quite difficult to note readings compared to
electronic type.