Recent questions tagged station-grounding

Description : How safety could be ensured by equipment grounding?

Last Answer : In order to enumerate this, let us first find out the effects of current and voltage developed during fault condition.

Description : What is the important of equipment grounding?

Last Answer : Equipment earthing ensures safety. 

Description : What is the important of system grounding?

Last Answer : It is important because: a. Earth fault protection is based on the method of neutral earthing. b. System voltage during earth fault depends on neutral earthing. c. It is a protection against arcing grounds, unbalanced voltages with respect to earth and lighting.

Description : What does mean by equipment grounding?

Last Answer : Grounding of non-current carrying metallic parts is called equipment grounding. For instance no-current carrying parts include the following: a. Motor body, switchgear metal enclosure, transformer tank, conduits of ... c. Sheath of cables. d. Body of portable equipment such as iron, oven, etc.

Description : What does mean by system?

Last Answer : Grounding of neutral point of equipment is called system grounding. For instance grounding of generator neutral, transformer neutral etc. 

Description : What are types of grounding?

Last Answer : There are two types a. System grounding. b. Equipment grounding.

Description : What is difference between earthing and grounding?

Last Answer : Both have same meaning. The term earthing is used in U.K. and grounding in U.S.A.ground means earth.

Description : What is grounding?

Last Answer : It is an electrical connection with the general mass of earth through an earth electrode.