Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere        
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation            
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions             
 6     Principles of bonding and earthing  
        6.1     Summary of theory     
        6.2     Implementation principles       
        6.3     Protection against electric shock           
        6.4     Protection against lightning     
        6.5     Functional earthing     
 7     Power distribution 
        7.1     AC power distribution
        7.2     DC power distribution
 8     Comparison between IBN and mesh-BN installations             
 9     Maintenance of bonding networks
10     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 DC power return      
Bibliography