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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: earth fault
Synonym1: ground fault, US
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Definition: occurrence of an accidental conductive path between a live conductor and the earth

Note 1 to entry: The conductive path can pass through a faulty insulation, through structures (e.g. poles, scaffoldings, cranes, ladders), or through vegetation (e.g. trees, bushes) and can have a significant impedance.

Note 2 to entry: Earth faults with negligible fault impedance in a solidly earthed neutral system or in a low-impedance earthed neutral system are also named line-to-earth short-circuits.


Publication date:2016-02
SourceIEV 195-04-14, modified
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Internal notes:2015-11-20: "Earth" replaced by "earth" at BatMgt step. JGO
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