Table 9.2. Maximum 60-Hz Currents Allowed To Human Body
By National Electrical Code (mA) And Equivalent Levels At Other Frequencies (Guy and Chou, 1982)
Source
Maximum 60 Hz
Equivalent 10 kHz
Equivalent 50 kHz
Equivalent 100 kHz
Portable appliances
0.5
5
20
40
Fixed appliances
0.75
8
32
64
Vehicles under transmission lines
0.5
27
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ANSI C95.1-1982 Standard: maximum SAR = 0.4 W/kg average, 8.0 W/kg peak.