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  • noun A megohmmeter

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Examples

  • Jamieson's taken a bridge-megger and gone off to locate it.

    San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

  • Well, first of all to the engine-room to pick up Ellis and the bridge-megger and then I don't know.

    San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

  • If there's another power failure when they switch on again he says he's going to go over every inch of wiring with his bridge-megger, whatever that is. '

    San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

  • I looked away from him and shouldered the bridge megger again.

    Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

  • I attached a lead from the megger to one of those wires, opened the covers of another two circuits and fuse-boxes and emptied most of my tools on to the small work-bench beneath.

    Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

  • What with the weight of a heavy circuit-testing bridge megger hanging down my back and the fact that the rungs were so wet and slippery that I had to grip them with considerable force to keep myself from falling off the ladder, the strain on forearm and shoulder muscles was severe; twice that distance and I wouldn't have made it.

    Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

  • The last few feet involved an almost right-angle bend, but I managed to ease myself and the megger round it.

    Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961

  • The instrument used for this test is a MegOhmMeter, also known as a "megger."

    CSE - Top Articles 2010

  • Another good application for megger testing is for heat trace on piping systems.

    CSE - Top Articles 2010

  • The instrument used for this test is a MegOhmMeter, also known as a "megger."

    CSE - Top Articles 2010

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