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What is the purpose of groundings?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 5/16/2023

A ground wire is used for a direct path back to the distribution panel independent of the neutral. On a split phase secondary the neutral is used by other circuits on the system and indirectly makes its way back to the distribution panel. This indirect path introduces a resistance in the neutral which could interfere with an instantaneous trip of the over current device. Using a ground wire from the grounding pin on the three blade plug allows a direct low resistance path which takes the fault current back to the distribution panel which then causes an instantaneous breaker trip due to the high current in a short circuit.

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