NEC glossary

Separately Derived System (SDS)

An electrical source — such as a transformer secondary, generator, or UPS — having no direct electrical connection to the supply-side circuit conductors of another system except through grounding and bonding connections; an SDS requires its own grounding electrode connection.

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