Grounding: Things not working right, don’t know why?

Grounding: Ensure your next power project is well grounded. Improper grounding often is the source of signal integrity problems, line trips, and other concerns.

By Control Engineering Staff February 3, 2005

Grounding: Ensure your next power project is well grounded. Improper grounding often is the source of signal integrity problems, line trips, and other concerns. Here are tips from Control Engineering .

“10 tips for better grounding” First of the 10 recommendations is “Control system ac power should be supplied from a distribution system that’s separate from other equipment and uses.” For others, click into the full story .

Control Engineering Resource Center: “Avoid electrical ground loops.” The piece explains, contrary to popular belief, digital data signals also can be susceptible to electrical noise. A common system grounding point and proper isolation and shielding are among recommendations. For more, click into this tutorial .

—Mark T. Hoske, editor-in-chief, Control Engineering, MHoske@cfemedia.com