pegggu
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- Location
- Los Angeles
hi, definitely a noobie question here, but if someone can help me understand how faults work.
so anytime there is a fault of any kind whether it be a short, lightning strike, animal occurances, anything for that matter.
when a fault occurs how does the current "know" to go through the ground as opposed to continuing through the circuit as per usual?
say in a distribution system, say there is a fault on the line, how does the current know to go through a ground conductor, rod, plate into earth rather than say going to a customer (ignoring protection, such as fuses and such).
thanks in advance!
so anytime there is a fault of any kind whether it be a short, lightning strike, animal occurances, anything for that matter.
when a fault occurs how does the current "know" to go through the ground as opposed to continuing through the circuit as per usual?
say in a distribution system, say there is a fault on the line, how does the current know to go through a ground conductor, rod, plate into earth rather than say going to a customer (ignoring protection, such as fuses and such).
thanks in advance!