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    Unit 5. Understanding Grounding Requirements: Safety Grounding (Equipment Grounding) (250-2 (B) )

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    The document discusses grounding requirements according to the National Electrical Code. It explains that there are two types of grounding: safety grounding and earth grounding. Safety grounding, also called equipment grounding, aims to remove dangerous voltage to protect against electric shock. It works by bonding metal parts together and to the system to create a low impedance path for ground faults to reach the overcurrent protection device quickly. This prevents electric shock and allows the device to open fast before a fire can develop.

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    The document discusses grounding requirements according to the National Electrical Code. It explains that there are two types of grounding: safety grounding and earth grounding. Safety grounding, also called equipment grounding, aims to remove dangerous voltage to protect against electric shock. It works by bonding metal parts together and to the system to create a low impedance path for ground faults to reach the overcurrent protection device quickly. This prevents electric shock and allows the device to open fast before a fire can develop.

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    Unit 5.

    Understanding Grounding Requirements


    The purpose of the National Electrical Code is for the practical safeguarding of persons and property from hazards arising from the use of electricity [90-1(a)]. The proper application and installation of equipment grounding will significantly reduce the hazards that exist in the use of electricity. Article 250 of the NEC covers the general rules and specific requirements of when systems are required to be grounded, the locations of grounding connections, the size and types of grounding conductors, bonding conductors, and electrodes, and the methods of grounding and bonding. To better apply the NECs grounding rules, you must understand that there are two different methods of grounding and that they serve different purposes: Safety Grounding and Earth Grounding. To remove the dangerous voltage, the circuit overcurrent protection device must open quickly to clear the ground-fault. To open the overcurrent protection device, the grounding path must have an impedance that is low enough to permit ground-fault current to reach a level of at least five times (preferably 10 times) the overcurrent protection devices rating. This can be accomplished by bonding metal parts to each other and then bonding the metal parts to the system

    Safety Grounding (Equipment Grounding) [250-2(b)]


    The purpose of grounding electrical metal enclosures is to remove dangerous voltage (potential) to protect against electric shock and/or electrocution of persons in contact with energized metal parts, due to a ground-fault. In addition, the fault must be removed quickly before a fire develops. Electric Shock. People die when voltage pushes electrons through their bodies, particularly through the heart. If a person makes contact between an object that has voltage and another object that is grounded, current will flow through those contact points. Humans are susceptible to death when exposed to currents as low as 20 mA (20/1,000 ampere) for a fraction of a second, Fig. 5-1.

    FIGURE 5-1

    FIGURE 5-2

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