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  2. Ground (electricity) - Wikipedia

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    Strictly speaking, the terms grounding or earthing are meant to refer to an electrical connection to ground/earth. Bonding is the practice of intentionally electrically connecting metallic items not designed to carry electricity. This brings all the bonded items to the same electrical potential as a protection from electrical shock.

  3. Earthing system - Wikipedia

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    The US National Electrical Code permitted the use of the supply neutral wire as the equipment enclosure connection to ground from 1947 to 1996 for ranges (including separate cooktops and ovens) and from 1953 to 1996 for clothes dryers, whether plug-in or permanently fixed, provided that the circuit originated in the main service panel. Normal ...

  4. Ground loop (electricity) - Wikipedia

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    The ground loop still exists, but the two sides of the loop are close together, so stray magnetic fields induce equal currents in both sides, which cancel out. Break in the shield Create a break in the signal cable shield conductor. [5] The break should be at the load end. This is often called ground lifting. It is the simplest solution; it ...

  5. Ring ground - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... A ring ground is a type of electrical ground that is used to protect buildings and equipment from damage due to electrical ...

  6. Grounding transformer - Wikipedia

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    A grounding transformer. A grounding transformer or earthing transformer is a type of auxiliary transformer used in three-phase electric power systems to provide a ground path to either an ungrounded wye or a delta-connected system. [1] [2] Grounding transformers are part of an earthing system of the network.

  7. Groundbed - Wikipedia

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    For building electrical grounding systems or earthing systems, there is a low resistance conductor bonding the metalwork and this is connected to a groundbed. The electrodes for electrical grounding are often called ground rods and are often made from steel with a copper clad surface – typically 1 to 2 m long and 20 millimetres (0.79 in) in ...

  8. Single-wire earth return - Wikipedia

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    Single-wire earth return (SWER) or single-wire ground return is a single-wire transmission line which supplies single-phase electric power from an electrical grid to remote areas at lowest cost. The earth (or sometimes a body of water) is used as the return path for the current, to avoid the need for a second wire (or neutral wire ) to act as a ...

  9. Grounding resistance tester - Wikipedia

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    The main purpose of the instrument [4] is to determine the adequacy of the grounding of an electrical system. By a standard of the National Electrical Code [ 5 ] the resistance of the soil should be less than 25 Ohms to reliably and efficiently ground the installation.