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What is IP rating and its importance
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So before you try to understand IP rating, you need to understand 4 very simple things:
*What is ingress
*What is level
*What is a rating
*What is protection
What is ingress?
The act of entering.
What is level?
How high and low something is.
What is the rating?
A measurement of how safe, popular, important, and good something are.
What is protection?
The act of keeping somebody/something safe.
Now understanding IP rating going to be a piece of cake:
What is the IP rating
An IP rating is a shorthand for an Ingress Protection mark. An IP rating is usually a two-digit grading system, where 1 digit stands for protection from solids and the second digit stands for protection from liquid, and these digits have their levels first digit levels go from 0-6 and the second digit levels go from 0-8. these ratings give customers a clear indication of the item’s resistance to various types of unwanted intrusion.
The first digit ranges from 0–6 and reflects protection from solid particles:
- IP0X: The product is not protected against any physical contact or objects.
- IP1X: Only protected from objects larger than 50 mm. You won’t accidentally stick your hand into this product, but you can still easily get, say, your finger in. You probably shouldn’t.
- IP2X: Protected from any object larger than 12.5 mm. This now includes fingers.
- IP3X: Protected from things above 2.5 mm, which includes most tools and thick wires.
- IP4X: Protected from anything bigger than 1 mm.
- IP5X: Dust resistant. Some dust may get through, but it won’t be enough to damage the product.
- IP6X: “None shall pass!” This product is fully dust tight.
The second digit ranges from 0–9 and shows how well the product is protected from water:
- IPX0: The product offers no special protection from water.
- IPX1: Can resist water that drips vertically onto the product.
- IPX2: Can resist water that hits the product at a 15° angle or less.
- IPX3: Can take water sprays of up to 60°.
- IPX4: Is resistant to water splashes from any direction.
- IPX5: Can resist a sustained, low-pressure water jet spray.
- IPX6: Can resist high-pressure, heavy sprays of water.
- IPX6K: Can resist water jets of extremely high pressure. Rarely used.
- IPX7: Can be submerged up to 1 meter in water for 30 minutes.
- IPX8: Can be submerged deeper than 1 meter. The exact depth is specified by the manufacturer.
- IPX9K: Resists high-pressure, high-temperature sprays at close range.
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