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Red Seal Construction Electrician

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Touch potential is:
  1. The voltage potential measured using a multimeter.
  2. The maximum available fault current from a dead short to ground.
  3. A ground potential gradient that can cause current to flow hand to hand, hand to foot, or via another path through the body.
  4. The minimum distance from exposed energized electrical parts as determined by an energized electrical work analysis.
Explanation
Answer: C. Explanation: CSA Z462 defines touch potential as: a ground potential gradient difference that can cause current flow from hand to hand, hand to foot, or via another path (other than foot to foot) through the body.
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