Wet Locations Body Resistance

[mbrooke]

What is the typical body resistance in wet locations? Dry locations? I'm at around 200 and 1000 ohms respectively?

 

[Julius Right]

See IEC 60479-1

 

[mbrooke]

See IEC 60479-1

This, is just pure gold!

 

[mbrooke]

See IEC 60479-1

Question, did you pay for your IEC standard and how much?


I'm a bit surprised though IEC 61200 413 is giving me 200 ohms for wet locations.

 

[mbrooke]

Alright, so scratch that. 300 ohms internal or if immersed in water:

Conduction of Electrical Current to and Through the Human Body: A Review

Objective: The objective of this article is to explain ways in which electric current is conducted to and through the human body and how this influences the nature of injuries. Methods: This multidisciplinary topic is explained by first reviewing electrical ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The internal body resistance is about 300 Ω, being related to the wet, relatively salty tissues beneath the skin. The skin resistance can be effectively bypassed if there is skin breakdown from high voltage, a cut, a deep abrasion, or immersion in water (Table (Table2).2). The skin acts like an electrical device such as a capacitor in that it allows more current to flow if a voltage is changing rapidly.

Here are the tables from IEC61200-413 as a comparison-


Dry Locations:





Wet locations: