Re: Capacitance of the human body..

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Original poster: "mercurus2000" <mercurus2000-at-cox-dot-net> 

Thanks.
Adam
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Subject: Re: Capacitance of the human body..


 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > For the FAA average weight human male, 170 lbs, its 165 pF.  Roughly .97
 > pF/lb with a human.  Slightly different value for aliens.
 >
 > You can also do an interesting experiment with a TC, to calculate or
measure
 > the capacitance exactly.
 >
 > Feed your coil with a sig generator, 2 turns around the very lowest part
of
 > the sec, and observe the res freq with an o-scope.  Record this freq.
Next,
 > stand your victim (I mean partner) on a plastic or glass insulated stand
 > elevated at least 48 inches from the floor, have them touch the sec
toroid,
 > and record this freq.
 >
 > Subtract the two frequencies.  Knowing the inductance of your sec coil,
 > substituting this value into the freq equation you can solve for C --- the
 > value of capacitance of your test object/subject.
 >
 > This is also a great way to measure the cap of balls, spheres, toroids,
etc
 > of unknown capacitance.
 >
 > Dr. Resonance
 >
 >  >
 >  > Does anyone know what the average capacitance of the human body it? I'm
 >  > getting 200pf from different web pages on the net.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >