Electrical issue with washing machine

md2012

I'm no electrician so hoping for some advice on this.

I changed a part on my washing machine and want to test it with my multimeter after the repair to make sure it's safe.

A friend told me to test insulation on the plug by a clip on earth and a clip on live and neutral, I'm getting a reading of 665 M ohm on my multimeter for this, is this ok?

Also on continuity I am getting a reading of 0.07 K ohms, is this ok?

Thanks in advance

Crinkmeister

What part did you change and what do you mean by "continuity"? 665 MOhm means nothing is shorted to earth.

md2012

I changed the main pcb in the front panel.

I meant earth continuity, I put one clip on the earth pin on the plug and the other on a brass screw at the back.

yangptangkipperbang

md2012 wrote: »

I'm no electrician...............I'm getting a reading of 665 M ohm on my multimeter for this, is this ok?

I'm no nuclear physicist .....................anyone know how an H bomb works please ...............??

Ectophile

665M is pretty well no connection at all - what you should expect between live and earth.

0.07K is 70 ohms. That's very high for earth continuity. I'd be worried if it's more than about 1 ohm. Is that because the meter you used won't read any lower, or because you didn't used the lowest ohms range?