I've read about a "GROUNDING" and a "GROUNDED" conductor.

What's the differance ???

They are the same thing.

Grounding refers to the act of installing a designated Ground wire that can be traced to earth ground. The green wire or grounded conductor, if you will.

This is the safety wire. Not to be used for anything else.

I am sure that Don can give us a better quote from the NEC.

To Walks On Water:

The subject of grounding(grounded) is covered very thoroughly in the 2002 NEC Code Article 250.
Page 70-95.

Your answer to Byter is not entirely correct.

The grounded conductor is, as you say, the Bare or Green wire. It carries NO current, except when there is a short in the system.

The grounding wire, on the other hand, is the white conductor that returns the electrical connection of the circuit back to the Power Panel where it in turn is also connected to the Ground Buss.

Ralph use to drum it into me never to use the word white neutral or return for the grounding wire.

He said this wording(neutral) died when we stopped using DC circuits.

However it is the return for all AC circuits where at the power Panel it is also grounded to the ground Buss.

In a 240-volt circuit like we have in most all house wiring today the grounding wire is common to the return of each circuit of the 240-ground 240-volt system. The circuit(s) that connect to the 120-volt circuit breakers all return to the Power Panel via a common path, that is, the grounding wire(s)(White).

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[This message was edited by donaldekliros on 07-04-02 at 08:40 PM.]

[This message was edited by MiranndaGrey on 07-20-02 at 12:38 PM.]

Don, are you familiar with the Arc-ground for bedrooms?

I had to replace a GFCI breaker today. I went to Home Depot to get one and the guy gave me an Arc-ground interrupter. Another associate noticed it and corrected him, said as of Jan. 1st they are required for bedroom circuits.

To KesMan:

Yes I am.

They are same as the GFCI except they are used in the Bedrooms.

They are covered in the 2002 NEC code Article 210.12

210.12. Arc-Fault Circuit-Interrupter

(A) Definition, An arc-fault circuit-interrupter is a device intended to provide protection from the effects of arc faults by recognizing charecteristics unique to arcing and by functioninhg to de-energize the circuit when an arc fault is detected.

(B) Dwelling Unit Bedrooms. All Branch circuits that supply 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere outlets installed in dwelling unit bedrooms shall be protected by an arc-fault circuit interrupter listed to provide protection of the entire branch circuit.

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[This message was edited by MiranndaGrey on 07-20-02 at 12:37 PM.]

THANKS..........

KesMan