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− | + | '''Example 1:''' If the system does not have an RCD then the small amount of current flowing through ground will go undetected until a lower resistance path to ground is created, which in the example is created when a person touches the refrigerator. A larger amount of current now flows through the person to ground and may trigger [[Special:MyLanguage/Overcurrent protection|overcurrent protection device]] but not without electrocuting the person first. |
Latest revision as of 06:42, 15 February 2021
Example 1: If the system does not have an RCD then the small amount of current flowing through ground will go undetected until a lower resistance path to ground is created, which in the example is created when a person touches the refrigerator. A larger amount of current now flows through the person to ground and may trigger overcurrent protection device but not without electrocuting the person first.