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Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
bearing currents
current flow in the bearings of electrical machines, because of electromagnetic unbalance in the machine
or from using high dv inverters. The latter is able to charge up the stray capacitance present between the stator and rotor and between the rotor and shaft and thus allows motor bearing currents to flow, with resulting bearing damage.