I think that what I see as a problem is the emphasis on the word "grounding". Grounding does not provide safety in our systems. Grounding will not clear faults. However the over use of this word in the code leads many to believe that we must connect everything to earth to have a safe system. If everything is connected to earth, but there is no connection to a system conductor we have a very unsafe system. I would like to see the word grounding replaced everywhere in the code with the word bonding unless we are talking about a direct earth connection as in the grounding electrode system.
Don(resqcapt19)
