Why in a three pin plug the earth pin is thicker and longer
than the other pins?

Answer Posted / chanchal sharma

In a three pin plug the earth pin is thicker becoz the
lekage current is very high than phase current & when the
pin size is same i^r losses will be very high due to high
resistance path

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