Black Box Ladder Rack Grounding Kit, 8' Braided Copper Strap

once power has traveled through a wire to light a light bulb it still has to go somewhere white wires carry the power back to the panel where they're connected to the neutral bus bar then it connects the bus bar to the place electricity loves best the ground the actual connection may be abroad driven in the ground the water system or a plate set in the foundation it doesn't matter the ground has infinite capacity for absorbing electricity this path to ground is an important part of the circuit were it not there the electricity would need another path in the days before outlets had a ground car the homeowners stood a good chance of becoming the path to ground a loose wire could charge stoves refrigerators dryers portable tools radios almost anything with electrons looking for a place to go if you touched a charged surface you almost automatically became the path of least resistance power