

When AC voltage is applied to the motor it is the interaction between the stator and the rotating rotor that provides the needed stator resistance which is not evedent when measurng the simple winding resistance with a ohm meter when the motor is de-energized. As such measuring winding resistance of each winding in and of by itself really is of not relevance unless you compare the reading of each winding and find that there is a relevant difference which may indicate some of the windings may have shorted to themselves resulting in a lower resistance or open which would be strange should the motor still be operational.

Would not one expect that the resistance be very low then since you are measing resistance with a DC source? If you measure the resistance of each individual winding one would anticipate that each one would result in a very similar resistance reading since all windings would be made up of the same length and gauge of wire. When you measure winding resistance you are measuring a simple length of wire of that winding.

I guess my question to you would be what resistance did you anticipate?
