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What are the advantages of the third ground prong for safety?

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Question added by Samar Saleh , Community Manager , Bayt.com
Date Posted: 2013/09/03

third prong is connected to your electrical appliances.charge builds up on the appliances when you touch it bites you.that's electrical discharge going through the appliance.you and in ground.so the the third prong is needed to flow the current to the ground.and safe youself from a big shock.

Hashem Hassanien
by Hashem Hassanien , Projects Engineer , alfanar

to make discharge for any excessive charges on your electrical devices

Shaukat Masood Jafri
by Shaukat Masood Jafri , SR. Electrical Inspector , dar-al-riyadh

To discharge excessive charges from electrical device.

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