Grounding>Earthing new forum title

[Rockyd]

We bond so that any fault fault can return to the source, exercising the OCPD. It is our safety "lifeline".

Grounding is to limit voltage induced by lightning, line surges, or other unintensional contact with higher voltage lines.

 

[wbalsam1]

I think what Fred's getting at is, how are the requirements exclusive of each other? If everything is bonded, then those items are all going to be incidentally connected to earth as well...

Succinctly stated.

 

[jwelectric]

We bond so that any fault fault can return to the source, exercising the OCPD. It is our safety "lifeline".

Grounding is to limit voltage induced by lightning, line surges, or other unintensional contact with higher voltage lines.

and to stabilize the voltage to earth during normal operation with the latter being its prime objective.

See what Charlie has to say and maybe it will help those who don't understand grounding.