The undesirable flow of current through or over the surface of an insulation.

Electric current in an unwanted conductive path.

Electric current in an unwanted conductive path.

is the current flow from input to output or across the contacts when the contacts are in the open state.

Leakage Current: The current flowing from either AC or DC to the chassis, or to ground, from the input or the output. This is critical in cases where a human can be part of the circuit, such as in an [..]

A leakage current is a gradual loss of energy due to dielectric material not being a perfect insulator and having som non-zero conductivity.

Error current that can degrade sensitive measurements. Even high resistance paths between low current conductors and nearby voltage sources can generate significant leakage currents. Leakage in insula [..]

A small amount of current that flows across a dielectric area between two adjacent conductors.

An undesirable small value of stray current that flows through a device after the device has changed state to a high resistance mode.

The small amount of current that flows through the dielectric between the conductors of a transmission line. Leakage current is that current which flows through the equipment conductive paths to a sol [..]

Electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions. Current flowing from the enclosure, or parts thereof, accessible to the operator in normal use, through an external conductive connection other than the protective earth conductor to earth or to another part of the enclosure.