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Types and Methods of Earthing Explained

Earthing is done by connecting electrical appliances to earthing systems or electrodes placed underground, ensuring safety during overloads or faults. There are three types of earthing: pipe earthing, plate earthing, and strip earthing, each with specific methods and materials used. In homes, appliances are connected to an earth wire to protect against electrical surges and faults.

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Types and Methods of Earthing Explained

Earthing is done by connecting electrical appliances to earthing systems or electrodes placed underground, ensuring safety during overloads or faults. There are three types of earthing: pipe earthing, plate earthing, and strip earthing, each with specific methods and materials used. In homes, appliances are connected to an earth wire to protect against electrical surges and faults.

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How is Earthing Done?

To ensure safety, earthing can be done by connecting the electrical appliance to earthing systems or
electrodes placed near the soil or below the ground level.

The electrode or earthing mat equipped with a flat iron riser is installed under the ground level. It helps
to connect all the non-current-carrying metallic parts of the equipment.

When the overload current is passed through the equipment or when the fault occurs in the system due
to the current, the fault current from the equipment flows through the earthing system. The earth mat
conductors aid in raising the voltage value equal to the resistance of the earth mat multiplied by a
ground fault and helps guard the equipment against overload current or fault current.

In homes, there shall be three types of wires, live, neutral, and earth. Live and neutral carry electric
current from the power station and the earth is connected to the buried metal plate. Electric appliances
like refrigerators, iron boxes, and TV are connected to the earth wire while operating. Hence, these
devices are protected from the surge or faulty electrical supply. Local earthing is done near the
electrical metre of the house.

Types of Earthing
There are three types of earthing, they are:

 Pipe earthing
 Plate earthing
 Strip earthing
Pipe earthing is the best and most efficient way of earthing and is also easily affordable. Pipe earthing
uses 38mm diametre and 2 metres length pipe vertically embedded in the ground to work as earth
electrodes.

In plate earthing, an earthing plate made of copper or G.I. is buried into the ground at a depth more
than 3 metres from the ground level. This earthing plate is embedded in an alternative layer of coke and
salts.

Strip earthing is used in transmission processes. Strip electrodes of cross section not less than 25mm X
1.6mm of copper or 25 mm X 4mm of G.I. or steel are buried in horizontal trenches of a minimum
depth of 0.5m.

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