Help -- suddenly no water pressure in our condo unit *SOLVED* Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by xboxist, Aug 2, 2009.
The definition of grounded is someone or something stable, sincere, practical or firmly established, or an aircraft or pilot that is being kept from flying. 1  An example of grounded is someone who reacts calmly in a crisis. 2  An example of grounded is a shoe repair shop in business for twenty five years.
This means one of the circuit conductors (called the grounded conductor in the code) is connected to ground at the service. For homes, this conductor is the neutral, but in some 3-phase systems without a neutral, one of the phase conductors is grounded. The other circuit conductors are ungrounded. This solid conductor to ground is why you can get a shock between the hot conductor and the earth, water, etc. There are countries that do not do this because they feel it is unsafe. However, this grounding of the system keeps the voltages stable.