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In article , bud--
writes

Martzloff has written "the impedance of the grounding
system to 'true earth' is far less important than the integrity of the
bonding of the various parts of the grounding system."


Indeed. This is an important principle of the UK wiring code. It's
referred to as "equipotential bonding." Such a concept, of course,
would be far beyond the understanding of w_'s lone brain cell.

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