What do you mean by creepage distance?

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What do you mean by creepage distance?..

Answer / balu

The shortetest distance between two conducting parts along
the surace of the insulating material.

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What do you mean by creepage distance?..

Answer / anand gaikwad

In technical design of electrical equipments like CT, PT,
Circuit Breakers etc. the height of support insulator used
in it, to give enough ground clearance is of most
importance. However, this height is not absolute vertical
but it is measured following the curves of the insulator
with the help of cello-tape.

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What do you mean by creepage distance?..

Answer / kirk

Creepage is the shortest path between two conductive parts
(or between a conductive part and the bounding surface of
the equipment) measured along the surface of the insulation.

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What do you mean by creepage distance?..

Answer / geno peter

well, the distance between the live metal part and the
bottom earth

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