SHORTS - WHY WE BOND (Neutral & Ground) Explained in 3 Minutes

These 3 minute videos are shockingly effective 👌🏽

Bringing GFCI into the conversation gets tricky; one of the big dangers in older circuits is that breakers are normally tripped only in short situations, where an abnormally large current suddenly flows, because the resistance of the device (bulb, motor, heater) is bypassed. The surge heats up the breaker, and it trips - eventually, before setting a place on fire. If a body comes between the load and the return neutral, resistance is added and you die, without the breaker heating to trip. GFCI breakers detect a difference in the two lines, and trip very fast if current in the neutral run is less than the hot wire, which would be a normal situation when a person becomes a path for current to go to ground.

The animation is fantastic. These types of quick videos w/animation are perfect for teaching the greenies/newbies some of the basics. Can you do one for 3/4-way sitches? Relays & contactors? Timers? Timing relays, etc?

The graphic animation is great. Much better than your usual 'draw over the screen' presentations.

This is an extremely effective presentation. I appreciate your effort in putting this together.

One of the more difficult thing for me to understand as a Drafter has been the difference between Neutral and Ground. I've never had it explained really well. Thanks that helps alot.

Excellent short video it says a lot. Thank you!

These shorts are educational and energizing!

For once, someone made this make perfect sense. You are a saint of the electrical world

Literally thank you, easily simplified for in my opinion almost everyone!

Awesome video. So nice when someone can explain something clearly and concisely in such a short time. Good work

Thank you all these years nobody's ever explained it so easily and simply like you just did I really appreciate it now I completely understand it and I can explain it to someone else thank you

Sometimes the simpelist explanation is the best. Well done.

One of the best explanation. Believe or not I been many months try to understand the bonding. Thank you so much

That was an excellent animation. Kudos to your animator

I agree with most of what you said. The reason there are grounds at all is to ensure that a fault, as your animation showed very clearly, causes a high current to flow in the circuit, tripping the breaker and de-energizing the circuit. If there were no grounding, it would be possible for the light fixture to remain energized at 120 Volts due to a fault, waiting for someone to touch it, make a connection to ground through their body, and be electrocuted. Adding a grounding conductor to the metal parts of the fixture (green or uninsulated wire, and with the other end connected to the earth) ensures that there is no possibility that the fixture is at any voltage other than zero, compared to earth. However, using a stake in the ground to ensure an earth connection relies upon the earth's conductivity, how wet the earth is, how far the ground point is from the utility earth conductor, etc. and so there are too many ways for this not to work. As you note, connecting the grounding conductor to the grounded neutral wire from the utility ensures that this path has almost zero resistance back to the utility. The effect is that when a fault occurs, a very large current flows momentarily through the fixture, then the grounding wire, and back to the neutral. This ensures that the breaker trips immediately, clearing the fault in a few milliseconds.

He makes these explanations seem effortless. Thanks bro!! 👊🏼 😊

extremely helpful video. Thank you, keep pushing great materials! Appreciate it!

Brilliant! Terrific explanation and excellent graphics!

As always Mr Dustin I've been following your channel for a little while now and man I got to tell you I have learned so much from your videos than the 4 year apprenticeship. you do a great job amazing explanation and obviously I love your animation thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and investing your time in US