IP Testing Web
IP Testing Web
IP Testing Web
Ingress protection testing is used to determine if a products exterior case or enclosure will protect
the working parts from water, dust or intrusion. When foreign particles get inside a product, they
can cause damage and poor performance. Ingress protection testing, or IP testing, should be
performed at an accredited test laboratory.
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Protected against 50 Protected against
a solid object mm vertically falling
greater than 50 drops of water.
mm such as a Limited ingress
hand. permitted.
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15
Protected against 12 Protected against vertically
a solid object mm falling drops of water with
greater than 12.5 zenclosure tilted up to 15
mm such as a degrees from the vertical.
finger. Limited ingress permitted.
3 3
Protected against Protected against sprays
a solid object of water up to 60 degrees
greater than 2.5 from the vertical. Limited
mm such as a ingress permitted for three
screwdriver. minutes.
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Protected against Protected against
a solid object water splashed from
greater than 1 mm all directions. Limited
such as a wire. ingress permitted.
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Dust Protected. Limited Protected against
ingress of dust permitted. jets of water. Limited
Will not intefere with ingress permitted.
operation of the equipment.
Two to eight hours.
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Dust tight. No Water from heavy seas
ingress of dust. or water projected in
Two to eight powerful jets shall not
hours. enter the enclosure in
harmful quantities.
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Selecting and testing to an IP Rating establishes the Protection against the
level of protection you want your products to feature. effects of immersion in
IP Ratings are called out in the test standard water between 15 cm
known as IEC 60529 and 1 m for 30 minutes.
IP 2 3
The protection rating is displayed
by the letters IP followed by
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two numbers. The first digit
indicates the level of protection
from solid ingress and the Protection against
second digit represents the level Ingress Solids Water the effects of
of protection from liquid ingress. Protection
immersion in water
under pressure for
CASCADE long periods.
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Protection against
the effects of high
pressure and
temperature
water jet.
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