>     In the US the ground wire is bonded to at least one copper rod that=20
> is driven into the ground on the outside of the house

My NZ-registered nephew tells me that here they are considering or
now earthing at the distribution transformer, and so each house will
need an earth wire as well as the single-phase pair. Apparently "NZ
earth is not good"

Joe
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