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DD IEC TS 60479-1 : 2005 COR 2013

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EFFECTS OF CURRENT ON HUMAN BEINGS AND LIVESTOCK - PART 1: GENERAL ASPECTS

Published date

23-11-2012

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Electrical impedance of the human body
5 Effects of sinusoidal alternating current in the range of 15 Hz
  to 100 Hz
6 Effects of direct current
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Measurements of the total body impedances
        Z[T] made on living human beings and on corpses and the
        statistical analysis of the results
Annex B (normative) - Influence of frequency on the total body
        impedance (Z[T])
Annex C (normative) - Total body resistance (R[T]) for direct
        current
Annex D (informative) - Examples of calculations of Z[T]
Bibliography

Provides basic guidance on the effects of shock current on human beings and livestock, for use in the establishment of electrical safety requirements.

Committee
JPEL/64
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 03/523724 DC. (01/2006) Supersedes BS PD6519-1(1995). (03/2010)
DocumentType
Draft
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
IEC TS 60479-1:2005+AMD1:2016 CSV Identical

07/30130630 DC : 0 BS 7430 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR EARTHING
11/30249994 DC : DRAFT JULY 2011 BS 7430 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PROTECTIVE EARTHING OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

IEC GUIDE 104:2010 The preparation of safety publications and the use of basic safety publications and group safety publications
IEC TR 60479-3:1998 Effects of current on human beings and livestock - Part 3: Effects of currents passing through the body of livestock

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