I believe it is 2000-2700V and about 7-10A the value has increased from 1700V and 6A because some prisoners did not die.
Regards, Jorge Sarellano TUV PRODUCT SERVICE Compliance Engineer Phone 408-919-3744 Fax 408-919-0585 Have you visited http://www.tuvam.com lately? -----Original Message----- From: dan.kin...@heapg.com [mailto:dan.kin...@heapg.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:56 PM To: Rich Nute; gkerv...@eu-link.com Cc: jrbar...@lexmark.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Define Continuous DC Voltage Does anyone know what voltage is used in electric chairs? Just Curious. Dan Kinney Horner APG Indianapolis > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Nute [SMTP:ri...@sdd.hp.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:08 PM > To: gkerv...@eu-link.com > Cc: jrbar...@lexmark.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Subject: Re: Define Continuous DC Voltage > > > > > > Hi Gregg: > > > > There was also a very good (but short) article by Tektronix in the > 70's > > called The Lethal Current. > > > > It concluded that currents between 100 mA and 3 Amps were more lethal > that > > currents of more than 3 Amps because those high currents tended to > 'restart' > > the heart. > > Hmm. Having been the manager of product safety at Tektronix in > the '70's, I don't recall such an article. At least not by that > name. > > Electric energy causes various injuries to the body depending > on the magnitude of the energy. Only two of the injuries can > lead to a fatality. > > The two injuries are fibrillation of the heart, and overheating > of internal organs, especially the liver. > > Fibrillation is caused by ac current in the range of 50 mA to > 500 mA (external connections) where the current pathway through > the body includes the chest (and the heart). Above 500 mA, > fibrillation is not a likely consequence. (And, I believe I > am correct in asserting that dc cannot cause fibrillation.) > > Overheating of internal organs is a function of power dissipated > in the body, where the body impedance can be taken as 1000 ohms. > The power required depends on the time of contact. Electric > utility linemen are subject to such injury. Consider 1 ampere > through 1000 ohms is 1000 watts! (The electric chair kills by > over-heating the internal organs, not by fibrillation.) > > So, Gregg's statement that there is both a lower and upper limit > for fibrillation is correct (although I do not agree with Gregg's > values). > > > Best regards, > Rich > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org > Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
