GROUNDING

Presented by:
Denier J. Cunanan
KURT LOUIE S. COLAT
John vinz b. custodio
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Nise, N. S. (2011). Control systems engineering. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
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OVERVIEW
 PURPOSE OF EARTHING or GROUNDING:

1 PROTECTION OF INSTALLATION

2 IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF SERVICE

3 SAFETY OF PERSONNEL
 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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 FACTORS AFFECTING SOILS
RESISTIVITY

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Selected clauses from ieee 142
Selected clauses from ieee 142
Selected clauses from ieee 142
GROUND FAULT CURRENT PATH
EARTH or GROUND WIRE
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
“Effectively Grounded”
Intentionally connected to earth through a ground connection or connections of sufficiently low impedance and having sufficient
current-carrying capacity to prevent the buildup of voltage that may result in undue hazards to connected equipment of persons.

“Grounded”
Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.

“Solidly Grounded”
Connected to ground (earth) without inserting any resistor or impedance device.

“Grounded Conductor”
A system or circuit conductor that is intentionally grounded.
 Definition of terms
“Grounding Conductor”
A conductor used to connect equipment or the grounded circuit of a wiring system to a grounding electrode or
electrodes.

“Equipment Grounding Conductor”

The conductor used to connect the non-current carrying metal parts of equipment, raceways, and other
enclosures to the system grounded conductor, the grounding electrode conductor, or both at the service
equipment or at the source of a separately derived system.

“Grounding Electrode”
A device that establishes an electrical connection to the earth.

“Grounding Electrode Conductor”

The conductor used to connect the grounding electrode(s) to the equipment grounding conductor, to the grounded
conductor, or to both, at the service, at the building or structure where supplied by a feeder(s) or branch circuit(s),
or at the source of a separately derived system.