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

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

Answer / vasanthakumar

the earth pin must be thicker than the other pins because
the leakage current or short circuit current passes through
the earth pin will 5 to 10 times higher than the phase
current....

Is This Answer Correct ?    175 Yes 32 No

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

Answer / rakesh

The above answers for why it is thicker.
It is longer because the The First to make the connection
and Last to disconnnect should be earth Pin. This assures
Safety for the person who uses the elctrical instrument.

Is This Answer Correct ?    161 Yes 29 No

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

Answer / priya

It depends upon R=rho l/a where area(a) is inverly
propotional to resistance (R), so if (a) increases, R
dcreases & if R is less the leakage current will take low
resistance path.

Is This Answer Correct ?    70 Yes 24 No

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

Answer / kirubakaran

earth pin is long for first to get connected with the
equipment so if any leakage it pass through the earth and
person will safe . they are larger to give more area of
contact so that leakage current will pass with less
resistance instead of passing through the working person

Is This Answer Correct ?    32 Yes 6 No

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

Answer / jeff

For electrical safety reasons the longer earth pin is the
first pin to establish contact when all three pins (earth,
active and neutral)are inserted into a socket. It is also
the last pin to be disengaged. The larger csa of the earth
pin allows any fault current (active to earth) to flow
easily through the pin/socket connection.

Is This Answer Correct ?    22 Yes 4 No

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

Answer / minal verma

We Know that Resistance=Resistivity X Length/Area
Since the area of earth pin is more it provides a low
resistance path for the current to flow.

Is This Answer Correct ?    21 Yes 8 No

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

Answer / jeff

For electrical safety reasons the longer earth pin is the
first pin to establish contact when all three pins (earth,
active and neutral)are inserted into a socket. It is also
the last pin to be disengaged.

This means that any exposed conductive parts of equipment
to earth are:
(a)made automatically, before the live connections are made,
when any plug portion is inserted in the corresponding
socket-outlet; and
(b) broken automatically, not before the live connections
are broken, when any plug portion is withdrawn from the
corresponding socket-outlet.

The larger csa of the earthpin allows any fault current
(active to earth) to flow easily through the pin/socket
connection.

Is This Answer Correct ?    16 Yes 6 No

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

Answer / ranjith

The third pin is thicker than other pins so as to avoid the
lekage current to circulate in the circuit. As the
thickness is high so that the resistance path will be
reduced and the current can be conducted as the fault
current is 5 to 10 times larger than the cupply current

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 4 No

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

Answer / 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

Is This Answer Correct ?    12 Yes 11 No

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

Answer / chintan

I have a question to ask: Why is tht the 3-Pin plug is an isosceles triangle and not an equilateral triangle?

Thanks for the answer or trials if any!

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 8 No

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