CONTENTS

 1     Introduction
 2     Scope
 3     Definitions
        3.1     IEC definitions
        3.2     Definitions for telecommunication earthing installations
 4     Principles of bonding and earthing
        4.1     Summary of theory
        4.2     Implementation principles
        4.3     Protection against electric shock
        4.4     Protection against lightning
        4.5     Functional earthing
 5     Power distribution
        5.1     a.c. power distribution
        5.2     d.c. power distribution
 6     Comparison between IBN and mesh-BN installations
 7     Maintenance of bonding networks
 8     Examples of connecting equipment configurations to the CBN
Annex A  –  Brief theory of bonding and earthing networks
        A.1     Overview
Annex B  –  Examples of bonding configurations
        B.1     Mesh-BN
        B.2     Mesh-IBN with a bonding mat configuration
        B.3     Star or sparse mesh-IBN with isolation of d.c. power return
References