I'm still trying to borrow a megger to be sure, but the resistance between the live and neutral (winding) is def 2kilo ohms), this always did sound high to me.
visibly the windings look very black, at least the part that i can see.
will also check the capacitor as you suggested.
will let you...
thanks everyone for being patient.
Looks like the only way to be sure is to megger.
I will try and borrow one tommorrow, but to clarify test the following
live to ground(earth) better than 1.2 megohms
neutral to ground(earth) better than 1.2 megohms
and live to neutral low resistance i.e...
bigbillnky wrote:(Test the MOTOR leads to ground with a megger and check the motor winding resistance. Usually a high quality DMM can be used in place of a megger, but it may not accurately read the ground fault resistance. Resistance to ground should be at least 1.2 Megohms. The winding...
a motor has been tripping out the breaker. (single phase 240v (UK voltage) )
If i disconnect the motor from the contactor the breaker stays latched the contactors also latch in indicating a fault on the motor.
How can I be sure that the motor is faulty?.
the motor has a capacitor on the top so...
