Why is the earth socket in an electrical plug outlet made
thicker and lenghty?

Answer Posted / k.prakashchandra

1.longer so that earth is connected first and disconnected
last.2.Thicker to bear heavy earth fault current 3. Both, so
that connections to phase ,neutral and earth are not
interchanged

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