This International Standard defines measurement methods for<\/p>\n
d.c. or a.c. current of sinusoidal or non-sinusoidal waveform, which could flow through the human body, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
current flowing through a protective conductor.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The measuring methods recommended for touch current<\/span> are based upon the possible effects of current flowing through a human body. In this standard, measurements of current through networks representing the impedance of the human body are referred to as measurements of touch current<\/span>. These networks are not necessarily valid for the bodies of animals.<\/p>\n The specification or implication of specific limit values is not within the scope of this standard. IEC TS 60479<\/span> <\/span> series provides information regarding the effects of current passing through the human body from which limit values may be derived.<\/p>\n This standard is applicable to all classes of equipment<\/span>, according to IEC 61140<\/span> <\/span>.<\/p>\n The methods of measurement in this standard are not intended to be used for<\/p>\n touch currents<\/span> having less than 1 s duration,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n patient currents as defined in IEC 60601\u20111<\/span> <\/span>,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n a.c. at frequencies below 15 Hz, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n currents above those chosen for electric burn<\/span> limits.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n This basic safety publication is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 104<\/span> <\/span> and ISO\/IEC Guide 51<\/span> <\/span>. It is not intended for use by manufacturers or certification bodies independent of product standards.<\/p>\n One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications. The requirements, test methods or test conditions of this basic safety publication only apply when specifically referred to or included in the relevant publications.<\/p>\n Methods of measurement of touch current and protective conductor current<\/b><\/p>\n\n
PDF Catalog<\/h4>\n
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\n PDF Pages<\/th>\n PDF Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n European foreword
Endorsement notice <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 5<\/td>\n Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n English
CONTENTS <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 10<\/td>\n FOREWORD <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12<\/td>\n INTRODUCTION <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14<\/td>\n 1 Scope
2 Normative references <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 15<\/td>\n 3 Terms and definitions
4 Test site
4.1 Test site environment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 16<\/td>\n 4.2 Test transformer
4.3 Earthed neutral conductor
Figures
Figure\u00a01 \u2013 Example of earthed neutral, direct supply <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 17<\/td>\n 5 Measuring equipment
5.1 Selection of measuring network
5.1.1 General
Figure\u00a02 \u2013 Example of earthed neutral, with transformer for isolation
Figure\u00a03 \u2013 Measuring network, unweighted touch current <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 18<\/td>\n 5.1.2 Perception and startle-reaction
5.1.3 Letgo-immobilization
5.1.4 Electric burn (a.c.)
5.1.5 Ripple-free d.c.
Figure\u00a04 \u2013 Measuring network, touch current weighted for perception or startle-reaction
Figure\u00a05 \u2013 Measuring network, touch current weighted for letgo-immobilization <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 19<\/td>\n 5.2 Test electrodes
5.2.1 Construction
5.2.2 Connection
5.3 Configuration
5.4 Power connections during test
5.4.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 20<\/td>\n Figure 6 \u2013 Single-phase equipment on star TN or TT system
Figure 7 \u2013 Single-phase equipment on centre-earthed TN or TT system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 21<\/td>\n Figure 8 \u2013 Single-phase equipment connected line-to-line on star TN or TT system
Figure 9 \u2013 Single-phase equipment connected line-to-neutral on star IT system
Figure\u00a010 \u2013 Single-phase equipment connected line-to-line on star IT system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 22<\/td>\n Figure 11 \u2013 Three-phase equipment on star TN or TT system
Figure 12 \u2013 Three-phase equipment on star IT system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 23<\/td>\n 5.4.2 Equipment for use only on TN or TT star power distribution systems
5.4.3 Equipment for use on IT power distribution systems including unearthed delta systems
Figure 14 \u2013 Three-phase equipment on centre-earthed delta system
Figure 13 \u2013 Unearthed delta system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 24<\/td>\n 5.4.4 Equipment for use on single-phase centre-earthed power supply systems or on centre-earthed delta power supply systems
5.5 Supply voltage and frequency
5.5.1 Supply voltage
5.5.2 Supply frequency
6 Test procedure
6.1 General
6.1.1 Touch current measurements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 25<\/td>\n 6.1.2 Control switches, equipment and supply conditions
6.1.3 Use of measuring networks
6.2 Normal and fault conditions of equipment
6.2.1 Normal operation of equipment
6.2.2 Equipment and supply fault conditions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 27<\/td>\n 7 Evaluation of results
7.1 Perception, startle-reaction and letgo-immobilization
7.2 Electric burn
8 Measurement of protective conductor current
8.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 28<\/td>\n 8.2 Multiple equipment
8.3 Measuring method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 29<\/td>\n Annexes
Annex A (normative) Equipment
Figure A.1 \u2013 Equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 30<\/td>\n Annex B (normative) Use of a conductive plane
Figure B.1 \u2013 Equipment platform <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 31<\/td>\n Annex C (normative) Incidentally connected parts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 32<\/td>\n Annex D (informative) Choice of current limits
D.1 General
D.2 Limit examples
D.2.1 Ventricular fibrillation
D.2.2 Inability to letgo-immobilization
D.2.3 Startle-reaction
D.2.4 Perception threshold
D.2.5 Special applications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 33<\/td>\n D.3 Choice of limits <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 34<\/td>\n D.4 Electric burn effects of touch current <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 35<\/td>\n Annex E (informative) Networks for use in measurement of touch current
E.1 General
E.2 Body impedance network \u2013 Figure 3
E.3 Startle-reaction (and body impedance) network \u2013 Figure\u00a04 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 36<\/td>\n E.4 Letgo-immobilization (and body impedance) network \u2013 Figure\u00a05 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 37<\/td>\n Annex F (informative) Measuring network limitations and construction
Figure F.1 \u2013 Frequency factor for electric burn
Figure F.2 \u2013 Frequency factor for perception or startle-reaction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 38<\/td>\n Figure F.3 \u2013 Frequency factor for letgo-immobilization <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 39<\/td>\n Annex G (informative) Construction and application of touch current measuring instruments
G.1 Considerations for selection of components
G.1.1 General
G.1.2 Power rating and inductance for RS and RB
G.1.3 Capacitor CS <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 40<\/td>\n G.1.4 Resistors R1, R2 and R3
G.1.5 Capacitors C1, C2 and C3
G.2 Voltmeter
G.3 Accuracy <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 41<\/td>\n G.4 Calibration and application of measuring instruments
G.5 Records
G.6 Confirmation systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 43<\/td>\n Annex H (informative) Analysis of frequency filtered touch current circuit measurements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 44<\/td>\n Figure H.1 \u2013 Triangular waveform touch current, startle-reaction
Tables
Table H.1 \u2013\u00a0Triangular waveform response comparison <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 45<\/td>\n Figure H.3 \u2013 1\u00a0ms rise time pulse response, startle-reaction
Figure H.4 \u2013 1\u00a0ms rise time pulse response, letgo-immobilization
Table H.2 \u2013 Square wave touch current response <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 46<\/td>\n Figure H.5 \u2013 Touch current vs. rise time plot, 20\u00a0ms square wave
Figure H.6 \u2013 PFC SMPS touch current waveform <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 47<\/td>\n Figure H.7 \u2013 50\u00a0Hz square wave, 0,1\u00a0ms rise time, startle-reaction
Figure H.8 \u2013 50\u00a0Hz square wave, 0,1\u00a0ms rise time, letgo-immobilization
Table H.3 \u2013\u00a0Square wave monopolar touch current response <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 48<\/td>\n Figure H.9 \u2013 IEC TS 60479-2 let-go threshold for AC and DC combinations augmented by additional data, mA each axis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 49<\/td>\n Figure\u00a0H.10 \u2013 Ex1 case: showing r.m.s. window
Figure H.11 \u2013 Waveform ex2 case: showing r.m.s. window
Table H.4 \u2013\u00a0Mixed ACnDC waveform evaluation, ex1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 50<\/td>\n Table H.5 \u2013 Mixed ACnDC waveform evaluation, ex2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 51<\/td>\n Annex I (informative) AC power distribution systems (see 5.4)
I.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 52<\/td>\n I.2 TN power systems
Figure I.1 \u2013 Examples of TN-S power system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 53<\/td>\n Figure I.2 \u2013 Example of TN-C-S power system
Figure I.3 \u2013 Example of TN-C power system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 54<\/td>\n I.3 TT power systems
Figure I.4 \u2013 Example of single-phase, 3-wire TN-C power system
Figure I.5 \u2013 Example of 3-line and neutral TT power system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 55<\/td>\n I.4 IT power systems
Figure I.6 \u2013 Example of 3-line TT power system
Figure I.7 \u2013 Example of 3-line (and neutral) IT power system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 56<\/td>\n Figure I.8 \u2013 Example of 3-line IT power system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 57<\/td>\n Annex J (informative) Routine and periodic touch current tests, and tests after repair or modification of mains operated equipment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 58<\/td>\n Annex K (normative) Network performance and calibration
K.1 Network or instrument performance and initial calibration
Table K.1 \u2013 Calculated input impedance and transfer impedancefor unweighted touch current measuring network (Figure 3) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 59<\/td>\n Table K.2 \u2013 Calculated input impedance and transfer impedance for startle-reaction touch current measuring network (Figure 4)
Table K.3 \u2013 Calculated input impedance and transfer impedance for letgo-immobilization current measuring network (Figure\u00a05) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 60<\/td>\n K.2 Calibration in a confirmation system
K.2.1 General
K.2.2 Measurement of input resistance
K.2.3 Measurement of instrument performance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 61<\/td>\n Table K.4 \u2013 Output voltage to input voltage ratios for unweighted touch current measuring network (Figure\u00a03)
Table K.5 \u2013 Output voltage to input voltage ratios for startle-reaction measuring network (Figure 4) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 62<\/td>\n Table K.6 \u2013 Output voltage to input voltage ratiosfor letgo-immobilization measuring network (Figure\u00a05) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 63<\/td>\n Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \n\n
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