The bonding of electrical equipment plays a crucial role in maintaining the same potential between conductive parts likely to be energized and conductive parts liable to introduce a “zero” potential into the premises. Voltage rises between such parts are unsafe, as they may induce harmful currents through the human body, the magnitude of which may vary depending on a number of factors. This paper seeks to clarify the bond- ing requirements in low-voltage electrical systems, by using the concepts of exposed conductive parts and extraneous conductive parts, present in the International Electrotechnical Commission standards, applied to a proposed electric shock model of the human being. With the purpose of reducing the consequences of electric contacts, the authors propose objective criteria to decide whether conductive “dead” objects and enclosures of electrical equipment must be bonded or not

To Bond or Not to Bond: That is the Question / Mitolo, M.; Freschi, Fabio; Tartaglia, Michele. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS. - ISSN 0093-9994. - STAMPA. - 47:2(2011), pp. 989-995. [10.1109/TIA.2010.2103543]

To Bond or Not to Bond: That is the Question

FRESCHI, FABIO;TARTAGLIA, Michele
2011

Abstract

The bonding of electrical equipment plays a crucial role in maintaining the same potential between conductive parts likely to be energized and conductive parts liable to introduce a “zero” potential into the premises. Voltage rises between such parts are unsafe, as they may induce harmful currents through the human body, the magnitude of which may vary depending on a number of factors. This paper seeks to clarify the bond- ing requirements in low-voltage electrical systems, by using the concepts of exposed conductive parts and extraneous conductive parts, present in the International Electrotechnical Commission standards, applied to a proposed electric shock model of the human being. With the purpose of reducing the consequences of electric contacts, the authors propose objective criteria to decide whether conductive “dead” objects and enclosures of electrical equipment must be bonded or not
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