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Ground fault:
Ground Fault is nothing but a fault or contact occurs between the Live conductor to
ground/neutral point. In this fault the fault current directly flows to the ground. In this, The
fault may be in one phase to ground (L-G) or one or more phase to ground (LLG) or LLLG.
Ground Faults are more severe than Earth Faults due to the flow of large amount of current
flow, which can damage various equipment of a power system if the fault is not cleared within
a specified me.
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Note: The ground point should connect with the source or it should be perfectly grounded.
Also if the conductor falls on the ground means, that’s an open circuit fault which is called
earth fault.
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Current-based relays: Overcurrent relay, Instantaneous overcurrent relay, Earth fault relay etc.
Voltage-based relays: Overvoltage relay, over fluxing relay, etc
In house hold, we can eliminate by RCCB (residual case circuit breaker) or ELCB (Earth leakage
circuit breaker)
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Earth fault:
Earth fault is an Open Circuit fault; where the power carrying cable or conductor breaks and
gets into contact with earth or a conductor capability material in contact with earth. System at
load end in this case is disconnected form source in in case of radial power flow.
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