why earth hole size is biggest in plug point?

Answer Posted / yogesh lokhande

1) See, this is to have a least resistance path to the flow
of earth fault current. As earth point have larger area, it
is having low resistance.( R=6l/a ).

2)To have very firm connection to earthed point.

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