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Electrical appliances at home are normally earthed so that?

A.

the appliances are maintained at a lower p.d than the earth

B.

both the a.c and d.c sources can be used

C.

a person touching the appliances is safe from electric shock

D.

the appliances are maintained at a higher p.d than the earth

Correct answer is C

Earthing is used to protect you from an electric shock. It does this by providing a path (a protective conductor) for a fault current to flow to earth. It also causes the protective device (either a circuit-breaker or fuse) to switch off the electric current to the circuit that has the fault.