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charles wrote:
In article . com,
dennis@home wrote:
On 26/05/2015 23:05, wrote:



bad connection. Radials suffer much worse from them than rings.


A ring has more connections so a bad one is more likely.
The effects are different.


and if there is a break in a radial circuit it is very obvious. Not so
in a ring.


A break in the earth circuit in a radial is going to be obvious? Maybe
only when it kills you.

The ECC is the thinnest wire so most likely to break. With a ring there
are two. Unlike a radial.

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