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what is the earth/grounding plug for on a 3 prong device? also how does this work...

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what is the earth/grounding plug for on a 3 prong device? alsohow does this work and what makes it different too the other twoprongs? can the physics for this please be displayed in detail?

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In a 3 prong device one prong gets connected to neutral another to live and the third to ground WHen the current flows it flows from live to neutral ie when an appliance with 3 pins is connected to a 3 pin socket the current flows from live of the socket through the appliance into the    See Answer
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