Section 325.5359. Appendix B. National Electrical Code

Rule 359.   Excerpts from Articles 100, 500, 517 and 660.

ARTICLE 100 - DEFINITIONS

Approved: Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.

Approved for the Purpose: Approved for a specific purpose, environment, or application described in a particular Code requirement.

Ground: A conducting connection, whether intentional or accidental, between an electrical circuit or equipment and the earth, or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.

Grounded: Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth. Grounded Conductor:  A system or  circuit  conductor  that  is  intentionally grounded.

Grounding Conductor: A conductor used to connect equipment or the grounded circuit of a wiring system to a grounding electrode or electrodes.

Grounding Conductor Equipment: The conductor used to connect noncurrent- carrying metal parts of equipment, raceways, and other enclosures to  the system grounded conductor at the  service  and/or the  grounding electrode conductor.

History: 1954 ACS 85, Eff. Dec. 3, 1975.