what is different between neutral and earth?
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / nagarjuna
NEUTRAL IS THE PROVIDED FOR THE CLOSED PATH OF THE CIRCUIT,WHERE CURRENT FLOW IN THE CLOSED PATH.GROUNDING IS PROVIDING FOR THE EQUIPMENT,TO DIVERT LARGE SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS AND PROTECT THE EQUIPMENT FROM DAMAGE.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 16 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / francis.e
Neutral is the return path of the Electrons (or ) Circuit.
Earthing is provided to protect the Equipment as well as to
the human being from Electric shock...
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / percy
nuetral is provided for zero sequence current
Ground is provided for safety( it allows the fault current
to flow through the ground)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / s.rajasekar
neutral is the refernce to the poetntial.earthing is the
system to make the potential difference accurrant and to
make the low resistvity path against short ckt , lightining
& equipment protection,
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 0 No |
what is cogging and crawling
What are the disadvantages of LT AVR over HT AVR?
1 Answers APTransco, Jindal, TNEB Tamil Nadu Electricity Board,
how ELCB drip when earth and phase touch together?
what is the circutor?why we use it ?
what is difference between c-power & u-power air circuit breaker?
2 Answers Areva, IIT, Marine Electricals,
Percentage losses in power generation?
can you tell me/show me, how to manually synchronize 2 DG. preferred with video.
A three phase transformer 460v primary 220v secondary (three phase four wire system.) Why did we get 460 volts across the neutral on the secondary side?
what is voltage
How is the connection of the tap changer on the HV side been made?
how to calculate transformer turn primary & secondary side 11kv to 420v
What are the protection schemes used for protection of transformers ?
3 Answers Engineers India Limited,
Civil Engineering (5086)
Mechanical Engineering (4456)
Electrical Engineering (16639)
Electronics Communications (3918)
Chemical Engineering (1095)
Aeronautical Engineering (239)
Bio Engineering (96)
Metallurgy (361)
Industrial Engineering (259)
Instrumentation (3014)
Automobile Engineering (332)
Mechatronics Engineering (97)
Marine Engineering (124)
Power Plant Engineering (172)
Textile Engineering (575)
Production Engineering (25)
Satellite Systems Engineering (106)
Engineering AllOther (1379)