what is the difference between earthing and grounding?

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what is the difference between earthing and grounding?..

Answer / aftab ahmed mazari

There is no difference. In American system, it is called
Grounding and in British system, it called Earthing.
aftabmazari@yahoo.com

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what is the difference between earthing and grounding?..

Answer / devsingh boda

Grounding: Connecting the live part (part which carries current under normal conditions) to the ground (earth).It is done for protection of devices under fault conditions.
EX: Transformer neutral

Earthing: Connecting the dead part (part which does not carry current under normal operating conditions) to the ground. It is done for protection of operators who operates the device.

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what is the difference between earthing and grounding?..

Answer / kuldeep

grounding is use to protect the instruments from flow of
large current while earthing is the old name of grounding
done by the peoples for both purposes 1_to save the
instruments from the large current 2_to increase the level
of voltage in case of low voltage by giving water to that
place where earthing is carried out

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what is the difference between earthing and grounding?..

Answer / ashok mishra

when a single circuit is earthed is called grounding but in case of more that on circuit is earthed is called earthing

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what is the difference between earthing and grounding?..

Answer / k.prakashchandra

Earthing is connecting to earth only and grounding is
connecting to earth or the main large body (as in automobiles)

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what is the difference between earthing and grounding?..

Answer / k.prakashchandra

Earthing is connecting to earth only and grounding is
connecting to earth or the main large body (as in automobiles)

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