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WHAT IS EARTHING?
The process of connecting metallic bodies of all the
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PURPOSE OF EARTHING
To save human life from danger of electrical shock or death by
currents.
To provide stable platform for operation of sensitive electronic
equipments
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METHODS OF EARTHING
The various methods of earthing are,
1. Strip or wire earthing
2. Rod earthing
3. Pipe earthing
4. Plate earthing
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ROD EARTHING
In this type of earthing 12.5mm diameter solid rods of
sandy in character .
This system of earthing is very cheap.
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PIPE EARTHING
Pipe earthing is best form of earthing and it is cheap
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The pit area around the GI pipe filled with salt and
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PLATE EARTHING
In this type of earthing, an earthing plate either of copper of
dimension
60cm*60cm*3mm
or
of
G.I.
of
dimensions
60cm*60cm*6mm is buried into the ground at a depth of not less
than 3 meter from the ground level.
The earth plate is embedded in alternative layer of coke and salts for
G.I. plate earthing) is securely bolted to an earth plate with the help
of bolt nut and washer made of copper, in case of copper plate
earthing and of G.I. in case of G.I. plate earthing.
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Plate earthing
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THANK YOU
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