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Re:Why we ground electrical systems (2015) by chrisdhoover on Friday August 02, 2019 @07:45PM (#20597616)
Perhaps you could explain it correctly?
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Re:Why we ground electrical systems (2015) by wtallis on Friday August 02, 2019 @08:57PM (#20597926)
You can trip a breaker without the ground wire being involved. The ground wire does help with one failure case, but that's not the only way that your circuit breakers/fuses protect you.
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