> From: John Woodgate > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 1:10 PM > To: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: Re: Protective Earthing > > Tarver, Peter writes: > > >I'm not aware of anyone in the US or Canada who would > >misunderstand this term, if were not called 'ground.' > > Very likely, but 'ground' is also used all over the world by > technicians whose first language is not English but who > learned technical terms from American books. They are the > ones who may well be confused by 'earth'.
Well, then, by all means, those who insisted that 'earth' be used, instead of 'ground,' in the writing of all these IEC safety standards, needs to get in step with the rest of the world, instead of trying to make the world conform to their terminology. =8O I doubt that this will really be a problem. Manuals typically include photos or drawings or stick figures with arrows to indicate motion that make context clear enough. Those that don't read the manuals, as suggested may occur, won't have the conflict in any case. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE ptar...@ieee.org CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies of this email and any prints thereof. ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
