Okay, let's grant a conductive pea soup fog within a millimeter or so of a human body. I am standing on a rug, over a pad, attached to a wood sub-floor. I grab a hot wire and get buzzed. Where is the current going after it leaves my body?
> From: John Woodgate <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:23:05 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Is one-handed electrical shock possible? > > In article <bdd51b4b.1a3af%[email protected]>, Ken Javor > <[email protected]> writes >> My comment is 22 nF is an awful lot of stray capacitance. If I were in >> my screen room and wearing thin soled shoes standing on grounded metal >> sheet I could see it, but not in a home environment where there is a >> large separation between every part of my body and ground. > > I think that the answer is 'humidity', not capacitance. The microclimate > very close to the surface of a human body can be very humid. This would > be especially true a very short time after the initial shock. > > What we need is a volunteer to hold the live terminal of a phase meter, > so we can determine whether the current is resistive or capacitive. And, > no, I DON'T MEAN IT! > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. > The good news is that nothing is compulsory. > The bad news is that everything is prohibited. > http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > > To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] > > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html > > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Scott Douglas [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
