If the service is connected you can not megger the service ahead of the main breaker. If the service is waiting for connection all you can do is megger between the wires. As the underground service is installed in PVC conduit, no ground circuit will be available between the underground conductors and the PVC conduit. Connect the black lead to the neutral bar in the meter base. Connect the other lead to the L1 lead and ring it. Do the same to the L2 lead. Then disconnect the lead from the neutral bar in the meter base and connect it to L1. Connect the other lead to L2 if it is not still connected from the last operation. Ring the line between L1 and L2. If you get a reading of infinity on all three tests then the service is good for connection.
It is the terminal on the megger that the ground cable connect to when testing a device to ground.
If a megger test fails you have a short between the two wires or the wire to ground that you are testing. This short circuit has to be repaired before the equipment is placed back into service.
A good number on a megger test should be around 2 megohms.
A megger is used to test insulation values. It doesn't have to be wire only. Any device that has electricity flowing through it can have its electrical insulation properties checked to see if there is any current leakage to ground. So to answer your question any size wire's insulation can be megger tested.
Megger tests are important because the test makes sure that your electrical insulation is safe and operating as intended. Megger tests are performed using a Meg-ohmmeter.
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Usually a megaohmeter (or megger) is used to test high current feeder wires for ground faults before they are landed on a transformer.
The reason why the break down occurs and getting zero insulation resistance when the Megger test is performed under vacuum is because there needs to be a full test voltage performed. Insulation resistance represents the ratio that is between the applied voltage and the leakage.
A megger test is done to check the insulation factor of wires or devices. This is to make sure that when the working voltage is applied, a short circuit to ground will not occur due to a problem with the insulation of the device or wire.
On a hand crank megger which is used to test insulation breakdown, use the 300V setting. If the megger does not have that setting use 500V as opposed to 1000V for the test. The output of the megger is a DC voltage.
A megger is a testing device used to test the insulation integrity of conductors. It measures resistance. It is terribly imprecise so actual readings are difficult to determine. Any passable reading will approach infinity (meaning almost infinite resistance) since there should be no flow of electricity from one conductor to another or from one conductor to ground.
You use a device called a megger or meg ohm meter. Have the voltage range of the megger set to the working voltage of the motor. The first test should be to ground. One lead on the frame of the motor , the other lead one of the 6 wires. Test all 6 wires. If no ground shows up, test the individual coils against one another. If the coils are not grounded together, the motor is safe to energize.