Define equipment grounding and bonding and state their primary purposes in an industrial installation.

• A. Grounding provides a low-impedance path to earth for fault currents; bonding ensures metal parts are at the same electrical potential to prevent shock
• B. Grounding connects metal parts to the neutral conductor in normal operation
• C. Bonding creates a high-resistance path to dissipate fault energy
• D. Grounding and bonding are the same concept

Answer: (A)