system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Where does the electricity go when it's "grounded"?

When there is an electricity leak or fault and the machine is connected to ground for safety, where does that energy actually go?
gpt
I assume by "the electricity" you mean the electrons/the charges. These go, quite literally, into the ground, e.g., the earth. Because the earth is so enormously huge, its average charge will not change significantly, so the earth is at a potential of 0V no matter how much electricity you pump into it.