Difference between earthing & grounding.?

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Difference between earthing & grounding.?..

Answer / dhruvin patel

Earthing is used for personnel safety and to ground leakage current , the metal body of equipment connected to ground it called earthing and neutral point in 3-ph ckt which connected to ground is called grounding in this grounding unbalance current flow (normally Zero).

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Difference between earthing & grounding.?..

Answer / sarmadahmed

Grounding is used for referencing the voltage. A common point is taken.
Earthing is used for safety purpose, a conductor is connected to ground or any other safe medium, giving a low resistance path for current to pass as to avoid any effect of surges.

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Difference between earthing & grounding.?..

Answer / sundar

The term earthing and grounding are same. The united states
terminology is grounding and rest of the world termed as
earthing.

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