ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade Non-US Electrical Systems & Trades Do we need grounding?

I see that this thread has developed quite much. I hope we may aggree in that electricution is dangerous!
If you are insulated from ground, or other poles in the system you should be pretty safe. If the Generator (or transformer) is ungrounded, and well isulated from ground, both wires N an L will have a capacitive connection to ground, and the wires are twisted, they will have approxematly the came capacitive value, even with a looooooooong wire. The voltage measured between the wires and ground will be close to the half of the value measured between the wires. The current that may be possible to get between a wire and ground may increase bye the amount of wires in the system, and at a point it will be dangerous to touch ground and a wire. A GFCI close to where you are will protect you pretty good. This is one of the risks with the Norwegian system. 230V and no Neutral.