What happens to electricity that is “grounded”?
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There’s a common misconception that it just gets absorbed into the earth, but this is not the case. Electricity flows in a circuit – the current that flows out of a source of electricity always wants to return to the source.
The electricity distribution network and the wiring in every building all have a connection to ground – literally copper rods buried in the soil. When there is a fault that interrupts the normal flow of current, the ground between these copper rods literally becomes an alternate path for the current to get back to the source.
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