Where do ground wires eventually connect to Earth?

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Do they just randomly stick a piece of copper in dirt and hope it conducts the charge through?

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Ground in a circuit doesn’t go to earth Ground. It’s an alternate, low resistance path for electricity to flow back to its source in the event of a fault. Its like an emergency neutral. Ground to earth outside a building is a low resistance path for lighting to strike instead of said building.

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