Grounding, bonding, potential??

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HammerSlammer

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I keep thinking there is a fairly simple explaination or maybe a drawing that can set me straight on grounding, bonding , and potential. I've read quite a bit on the subject and consider myself of reasonable intelligence. Why can't i get this?? Any help would be appreciated.
 

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Grounding is connecting to earth

Bonding is joining together

Potential is capable of

Just what are you having a problem with?
 

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A grounded item something which is somehow connected to the earth gorund, electrically.

A grounding conductor is the wire which connects something to ground. The bare wire in your outlets etc. is a grounding conductor.

Bonding connects two things together. In you main service panel the neutral bus bar is bonded to the ground bus bar. In your house, the metal water pipes are often bonded to the electrical grounding system.

EMF ( electromotive force) is also referred to as a difference in potential between two points . Potential means potential energy. It is energy which has the ability to do work if a means is then provided for current to flow between the two points.
 

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One thing to confuse things, but interesting, is when working on high voltage things like a regulator, or an rf generating device that is operating at high voltages. They often have the filaments at a potential of say 5-7 volts dc, while the stuff around them is at 5000vdc or higher. If you measured from the filament to ground, you'd get maybe 5005, but if you measured between the two leads, 5 volts. This is where understanding what the reference, or bonded point, can be very interesting and dangerous. Neither side of the filaments in this case are referenced or bonded to ground, but one side of the filaments is bonded to one side of the high voltage supply. They do this so you don't end up with arcing internal to the tube.
 
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