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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Salik,
This is true for current in a conductor and it also occurs with ever increasing voltage. This is why high tension lines are frequently made with a steel core for strength with a suitable high conductance outer shell. However, this effect does not take place inside the human body as current still travels through the path(s) of least resistance. On a wet body that may very well be along the outer surface but... .
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I see now, It makes sense to me that the Skin effect wouldn't result in a significant palliative effect on the body , but why is it that the Skin effect does not take place at all inside the human body? I know current should take the path of least resistance, but the skin effect should still effectively lower the current flow since high frequency AC is still flowing through *a* conductor (the human body that is)? Is the skin effect not a simple property of AC regardless of the medium it is flowing through? I have no idea what i'm talking about so ...
