what is different between grounding and earthings?

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what is different between grounding and earthings?..

Answer / shyamkr

grounding means connecting the neutral point of the load to
the ground to carry the residual current in case of
unbalanced conditions through the neutral to the ground
whereas earthing is done in an electric equipment in order
to protect he equipment in occurence of fault in the system.

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what is different between grounding and earthings?..

Answer / vvreddy

Grounding is used for the individual equipment at labs, even
at homes...

where as a earthing is merging of all the equipments etc,...

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what is different between grounding and earthings?..

Answer / vvreddy

Grounding is used for the individual equipment at labs, even
at homes...

where as a earthing is merging of all the equipments etc,...

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what is different between grounding and earthings?..

Answer / electrician

both are same,in british grounding and americian earthing
thts all

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 3 No

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