ground connection
Americannoun
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The ground connection is broken before the charged rod is removed, leaving the sphere with an excess charge opposite to that of the rod.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
While the cause might have been a faulty alternator, or even a loose ground connection, it turned out to be a faulty new battery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your ground connection can be made best by wiring to the cold water pipe, although wiring to a steam or gas pipe will do almost as well.
From The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border by Gerald Breckenridge
The arrangement of these two springs is such that the ground connection will be broken until the subscriber's receiver is removed from its hook.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen
Run a wire from the other binding post, A, to the ground and be sure to make a good ground connection.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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