TT earthing system Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
A TT earthing system is one where there is no connection at all between the customers earth and the neutral terminal of the transformer in the suppliers network.
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2 Cons 3 Mitigation of specific risks 4 Other earthing systems |
Bonding of pipework to the earthing system is important because of the rasie in earth potential during a fault but because of the low currents involved this bonding doesn't need to be very big (6mm^2 in the UK).
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You have complete control. The actions of other customers cannot put dangerous voltages on the earth system.Cons
Earth loop impedence is very high so very little current can flow in a fault to earth.Mitigation of specific risks
In most cases the high earth loop impedence means that a rcd must be used on the whole install. In many cases this is a time delayed type to provide decent discrimination with rcds downstream on higher risk cuircuits.Other earthing systems
TN-C-S earth and neutral joined in the supply network but seperated in install.
TN-S earth and neutral run back seperately to the transformer neutral terminal.
TN-C earth and neutral are combined right through the install.