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On mains operated power supplies, the ground wire should be connected to the metal chassis of the power supply. This ensures, in case there is a fault in the power supply, that the chassis:
does not develop a high voltage with respect to the ground
The ground wire provides a low-resistance path for fault current to flow, tripping a breaker or blowing a fuse, rather than making the chassis dangerously live.
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