Friday, 28 June 2019

Why is the earth a viable return path for power distribution?


I'm having trouble understanding why the earth is a viable fault path for electricity brought into my home. Isn't there really high resistance? I mean, it's dirt?


Also, let's say I connect the hot wire coming into my house directly to the ground wire. What is the path that the electricity takes to get back and "complete the circuit?"




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