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Ground Rod Connection.

Grounding is a method of giving electricity the most effect way to return to the service
panel. You see current flows from the panel to the outlet or device to power it up. The neutral
wire is the return path for unused current. The ground wire is an additional path for electrical
current to return safely to ground without danger to anyone in the event of a short circuit. In that
instant, the short would cause the current to flow through the ground wire, causing a fuse to blow
or a circuit breaker to trip.
An ungrounded electrical box, appliance, power tool, or extension cord could become a
danger if there is no path to ground, except through you. You see, without a ground wire, your
body may complete the ground path and you may be shocked or electrocuted. A properly
grounded circuit has boxes, devices, and service panel grounds that give the electrical current
the easiest path to ground and that reduces the chances of someone getting a shock or getting
electrocuted.
Household electrical systems are required by the National Electrical Code to have a
grounded system connected to earth ground via a ground rod. The earth absorbs the over-current
or short circuit harmlessly and having done so, eliminates the threat to anyone that may have
otherwise been the ground path. But ground rods and ground wires to boxes, devices, and service
panels are not enough. You must remember to bond the grounds to the houses copper water
lines. You certainly wouldnt want a short circuit to travel through the water pipes while youre
in the shower, bathtub, or using a sink.
Although most electrical systems have fuses or circuit breakers for protection against a
major fault current or short ci rcuit, the human body may be fatally shocked by a current of less
than one amperewell below the point at which a fuse or breaker will operate. Grounding helps
prevent such a hazard from occurring. In some cases, however, as when a person handles an
electrical device while standing on a wet surface, there is a risk of fatal shock from a leaking
current even from a properly grounded electrical circuit. For protection against this danger, a
safety device called a ground-fault interrupter can be installed in the circuit. This device, so
sensitive that it can detect leakages as small as 5 milliamperes, immediately disconnects the
circuit when a leakage occurs.

Exercise 2
Decide whether the following statements are true or false by referring to thr
information in the text.
1. Grounding is one method of electrical system.
2. The neutral wire is the return path for used current.
3. An ungrounded electrical box, appliance, power tool, or extension cord
could become a safety if there is no path to ground.
4. You may be shocked or electrocuted without a ground wire.
5. Household electrical systems are required by the National Electrical Code.
6. Ground rods and ground wires to boxes, devices, and service panels
are not enough.
7. Electrical systems have not fuses or circuit breakers for protection.
8. Short circuit may be fatally shocked by a current for human body
9. Grounding is not used to protect the person from electricity.
10. Grounding electrode mustnt be connected to something that is in turn
connected to the earth or ground outside.
Exercise 3
Find the synonyms of these words in the text
1. Patronage
2. Influences
3. Instrument
4. Minimize
5. Startled
6. Contact
7. Need
8. Menace
9. Resist
10. Put in

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a. effect
b. connection
c. reduce
d. protection
e. install
f. threat
g. shocked
h. required
i. agains
j. device

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Exercise 4
Match the terms in column B witg the phrases in column A
Column A

Column B

1. The rate of flow of electric charge through a conductor

a. Circuit Breakers
with respect to time.
2. The refarance point at zero potential(A.C/D.C both)
b. Contactor
3. Electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from
c. Electric current
damage caused by overload or short circuit.
4. Electrically controlled switch used for switching an electrical
d. Panelboard
power circuit, similar to a relay.
5. A distribution board is a component of an electricity supply
e. Neutral
system that divides an electrical power feed into subsidiary circuits,
6. Instrument used to detect small current
f. Voltmeter
7. Voltage is measured by a meter
g. Ammeter
8. Meter that measures electrical current in amperes.
H. Galvanometer
Exercise 5
1. Studies about electricity
2. Read a book about electricity
3. Write about electricity
4. Test some lesson
5. Discussion
6. Presentasion about electricity
7. Operated some engine
8. String up contactors
9. Setting a Tor
10. Cut a cable
11. Cut a pioe
12. Repair some components electricity
13. Measured the voltage of electricity voltmeter
14. Measured the current of electricity with amperemeter
15. Measured the frequency
16. Connected the wire
17. Measured continuitas with voltmeter
18. Control the rheostat
19. Calculate the value of the voltage circuit
20. Calculate the value of electrical power
21. Measured of resistance
22. Control current flow
23. Detect small current with galvanometer
24. Draw installation design
25. Wiring installation in plester and on plester

Kunci
Exercise 2
1. (T)
2. (F)
3. (F)
4. (T)
5. (T)
6. (T)
7. (F)
8. (T)
9. (F)
10. (F)
Exercise 3
1. protection
2. effect
3. device
4. reduce
5. shocked
6. connection
7. required
8. threat
9. agains
10. install
Exercise 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Electric current
Neutral
Circuit Breakers
Contactor
Panelboard

6. Galvanometer
7. Voltmeter
8. Ammeter
9.
10.