In a "ground fault" or "earth fault", charge flows into the earth.
A high-resistance-grounded system may restrict line to ground fault current to only 5 amperes.
Damage can be mitigated by installing a ground fault interuping circuit.
At 5:50 a.m. that morning, a ground fault gave way, causing the mine and part of the town to collapse into a large chasm.
In order to eliminate the risk of ground faults and short circuits, the positive and negative cables, each with double insulation, are laid separately.
When a ground fault is detected, the device quickly cuts off the circuit.
Spanish authorities mistook reference to the ground fault on the land being tilled as the name of the place.
"I think it's a ground fault coming off of the M27," Alejandro insisted, pulling out the cleaning rod.
The fire was caused by an electrical ground fault inside a wall soffit.
Line Isolation Monitor, used in hospitals to monitor ground faults on medical equipment.