The moving
system consists of two coils, the "control coil"
and the "deflecting coil"-rigidly
mounted at an angle to one another and connected, in parallel across a small
generator, with polarities such that the torques produced by them are in
opposition. The coils move in the air gap of a permanent magnet. The control
coil is in series with a fixed control circuit; the deflecting coil is
connected in series with a fixed deflecting circuit resistance and the
resistance under test. If this last is infinitely high no current flows in the
deflecting coil and the control coil sets itself perpendicular to the magnetic
axis, the pointer indicating "Infinity." A lower test resistance
allows current to flow in the deflecting coil and turns the movement clockwise.
The control torque produces a restoring torque which progressively increases
with the angular deflection, and the equilibrium position of the movement is
attained when the two opposing torques balance.
The control
coil is actually in two parts, in series, the outer part being a compensating
coil. The two parts are arranged with numbers of turns and radii of action such
that, for external magnetic fields of uniform intensity, their torques cancel
one another thus giving a static combination
The guard terminal (if fitted) acts as a shunt to remove the connected element from the measurement. In other words, it allows you to be selective in evaluating certain specific components in a large piece of electrical equipment.

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