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RajuRajendra
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What Is Earth Fault.

10/09/2013 4:48 AM

what is earth fault,how to measure it,what will happen if this fault occurs.

what is earth fault relay,and why it requires Transformers Neutral CT connection.

please explain the working and uses of this.

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Rajendra Sawant

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10/09/2013 5:03 AM

It's an excellent topic for an internet search engine to deal with.

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10/09/2013 5:41 AM

Does the Royal Mail offer third advice on electric questions?

They could sell to Google and become Top Class!

I remember I have seen that India is getting rid of telegrams. Is that an Earth Fault?

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10/09/2013 7:29 AM

an earth fault is when a crack opens up in the earths crust. it can be measured in KM or angstom units. it occurs when tectonic plates move apart. an earth fault relay is a team with ropes that climb from one side of the fault to the other. it requires Transformer Neutral CT connection so that we can do homework for people who dont want to do their own. Please google San Andreas fault.

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10/09/2013 8:42 AM

<...what is earth fault...>

In the rail industry, it is a synonym for "derailment".

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10/10/2013 10:47 AM

Is this phenomenon also synonymous with "assphault'?

Just asking...

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10/09/2013 10:22 AM

It is the earth's fault that it is warming up.

You can measure it with temperature senors placed at intervals throughout the earth's crust, surface and atmosphere, although it is much easier to collect anecdotal evidence wherever one happens to be.

No one knows what may happen if the earth actually warms. There may be devastating floods and climate change, or everything will be just fine . . . no need to worry.

An earth fault relay enables us to transform in case of an earth fault and also relays earth fault warnings to other similarly equipped individuals.

"Transformer Neutral CT connection" is actually a misspelling. The correct term is Transformer Neural CT Connection. This relay is connected to our Cranial Topography in such a way as to allow us transform into warm weather species. In the event of a global warming trend we will transform into camels thus allowing us to not only withstand the heat, but the accompanying drought.

Hope this helps . . .

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10/09/2013 8:48 PM

Mother Earth is never at fault!

What is an Earth Fault

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10/09/2013 11:43 PM

Earth fault means the leakage current obtained from a circuit to the earth. Normally the measurement is mA or ampere. The earth fault relays could be set as per the situation on applications. Normally in domestic operations you would have heard ELCB, this is operated with earth leakage current and available in 30mA fixed range. In addition for domestic for industrial use seperate ELR 's (earth leakage relay) are used with UVT coils for main MCCB to protect the system and safety.
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10/10/2013 12:10 AM

You need to study basics in books.

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10/10/2013 7:16 AM

Earth fault current is the current that flows from phase conductors to earth/protective conductors from the point of an insulation breakdown.

its all here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_%28power_engineering%29

study

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10/10/2013 10:01 AM

does'nt doesn't
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