Water Ingress Ip Rating

A product that has a rating of ip44 means that it is protected against solid objects that are bigger than 1mm and water splashing from all directions.

Water ingress ip rating. Protected from limited dust ingress. Protected from limited dust ingress. Protected from water spray from any direction limited ingress protection. If you have ever been interested or are interested in buying lighting products you will have probably encountered the initials ip ip protection rating and ik ik protection rating on the product specification sheet.

If we want our product to. Ip rating reference chart. Ip ratings are used to determine how effectively a fixture is sealed to prevent intrusion by foreign objects sand dirt etc and moisture. Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time up to 1 m of submersion.

One of the factors that we regularly test for is the ingress protection ip ratings of our fixtures. Meanings of some common ip ratings ip44. Ipx1 which addresses protection against vertically falling drops of water e g. First digit solids.

A device that is compliant with ipx7 covering immersion in water is not necessarily compliant with ipx5 or ipx6 covering exposure to water jets. The second digit indicates the level of protection that the enclosure provides against harmful ingress of water. Ip rating codes are internationally recognized and follow a standardized scale defined in iec 60529 and its national or regional equivalents such as ansi 60529 in the us and en 60529 in europe. Second digit liquids.

What is ip rating. It is an international standard used to define the levels of sealing effectiveness of electrical enclosures against intrusions by substances like dirt water and tools. An x can used for one of the digits if there is only one class of protection i e. The ip code or international protection rating sometimes also interpreted as ingress protection rating consists of the letters ip followed by two digits and an optional letter as defined in international standard iec 60529 it classifies the degrees of protection provided against the intrusion of solid objects including body parts like hands and.

Protected from low pressure water jets from any direction limited ingress protection. Fixtures are measured on a two tier scale. 30 minutes immersion at depth of at most 1 m measured at bottom of device and at least 15 cm measured at top of device. Ipx8 immersion beyond 1 m.

When choosing the enclosure and connectors designers can assess the extent of the protection provided by looking at the stated ingress protection ip rating. A product with an ip54 rating is protected against dust ingress sufficient to prevent the product from operating normally but it s not dust tight. In other words it tells you what a product s casing will keep out. With the ip rating ip 54 5 describes the level of protection from solid objects and 4 describes the level of protection from liquids.

Ip stands for international protection marking or ingress protection. The ratings for water ingress are not cumulative beyond ipx6.