Testing for continuity

[damb]

Let me just say this is a great forum very helpful.

Any way I installed my heating mat last night ( MD 100/2.5) and was tiling over when I dropped a tile and landed right on the wire and damaged it. I went to the store and bought a repair kit and repaired it. Now I'm getting the correct Ohms, however when I check the continuity with my muiltimeter I only get a beep with the brown wire (load) and the ground wire(green yellow) and nothing with either the blue(neutral) and ground or brown and blue. I this correct or should there be continuity between the brown and blue.

 

[jay]

:welcome: you should make a circuit with the brown and blue wires from memory not sure on your brand :8:

i could be wrong

 

[DHTiling]

Depends on make, not all pass a bleep on continuity , as long as you get the correct reading in resistance ohms then it should be fine.

This is the reason most tilers use an SLC over the mats to protect them.

 

[damb]

So just measuring the ohms is ok. I think just tobe use I'm going to measure to test for continuity at the break and if I get a beep then it's my repair. If get not beep then I'll power the mat to see if it works.

It's a Elektra model MD 100/2.5 if that helps.

 

[DHTiling]

Ok.. if you contact Uheat direct then they will tell you the best way to go about it.. but i use there mats as well and i get a bleep continuity between the live and nuetral.


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