Checking Circuit Continuity

Recommended practice: Expect less than 2 ohms of resistance for most wires.
Ohmmeter low-resistance resolution (approximately 0.1 ohm) limits its use to circuits carrying less than approximately 5 amperes. This is due to the fact that very small resistances, below the resolution of a DMM, cause significant voltage loss in higher current circuits.
The DMM applies a small amount of voltage to the circuit or component to calculate resistance. As a result, DMM ohmmeters are very sensitive to any level of voltage present. Voltage present in the circuit will corrupt the DMM reading.