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24/09/2018 By Ian Leave a Comment

What’s the Difference between Grounding, Earthing and Bonding?

difference between earthing and bonding

What’s the difference between grounding, earthing and bonding? That’s a question our readers and clients ask often. Also, we’re asked quite a bit about earthing and bonding in general. So, there’s an unusually large amount of confusion around the term Earthing and Bonding. Or, for our friends in the states; you might come across the term grounding and bonding.

Earthing and bonding are both electrical safety practices that are used to protect people and equipment from the risks of electric shock and fires.

In this piece, I aim to clarify the difference between – what is grounding, Earthing and what is bonding and whether there is a difference.

Breaking things down into simple terms; Earthing – grounding can mean all things to all people. Hence, it is more realistic to think of Earthing as the ‘electrode’ itself. Also, known as the Earth Termination. This reference refers to the physical hardware, such as the copper conductors, rods, etc., that sits buried directly in the geology itself.

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Filed Under: Electrical Earthing Tagged With: bonding, E&B, Earthing, Grounding

11/06/2015 By Ian Leave a Comment

The 10 Commandments of Electrical Earthing Grounding Design – Infographic

Ten Commandments of Earthing Grounding

It goes without saying that an unplanned release of Electricity through ineffective or bad earthing grounding, can and does kill! Therefore, the purpose of this infographic is to share the 10 Commandments for Electrical Earthing Design that will keep you on track and out of trouble.

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Filed Under: Electrical Earthing Tagged With: 10 Commandments of Earthing Infographic, BS7430, Earthing, Grounding

14/05/2015 By Ian Leave a Comment

7 Deadly Sins of Electrical Earthing Part 1

7 Common Electrical Earthing Design Mistakes

Let’s not beat around the bush … An unplanned release of Electricity can and does kill! [Read more…] about 7 Deadly Sins of Electrical Earthing Part 1

Filed Under: Electrical Earthing Tagged With: 7 Deadly Sins, bonding, BS7430, CDEGS, Earth mat resistance, earth potential rise, Earthing, Earthing system design, Electrical Earthing, Electromagnetic Field Theory, EN 50522-2010, Finite Element Analysis Software, Grounding, Rise of Earth Potential, safety calculations, soil layer, soil structure, Wenner 4-point resistivity

09/04/2015 By Ian Leave a Comment

50 Shades Freed – Unleashing CDEGS!

CDEGS earthing plot

During my previous blog, where we explored the analogy of the car when comparing to Earthing Studies using CDEGS – if your project is a high value, critical asset, and/or infrastructure effecting large populations – then this is likely to require a more demanding level of performance in the foundational design data. [Read more…] about 50 Shades Freed – Unleashing CDEGS!

Filed Under: CDEGS Tagged With: 50122-1, BS7430, CDEGS, earth electrode, earth systems, Earthing, earthing design, Electromagnetic Field Theory, electromagnetic interference, EMF, EMI, EN 50522, greymatters, HI-FREQ, MALT, MALZ, safety earth, soil structure

26/03/2015 By Ian Leave a Comment

50 Shades Darker – CDEGS Myths Busted!

LaFerrari

CDEGS Modelling Software demystified!

It’s interesting how the psychology of the car has found a place in our daily lives.  How many times have you asked or been asked ‘what car do you drive?’ [Read more…] about 50 Shades Darker – CDEGS Myths Busted!

Filed Under: CDEGS Tagged With: 50122-1, BS7430, CDEGS, earth electrode, earth systems, Earthing, earthing design, Electromagnetic Field Theory, electromagnetic interference, EMF, EMI, EN 50522, greymatters, HI-FREQ, MALT, MALZ, safety earth, soil structure

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