IP Code Testing, IEC and EN Standard Ingress Protection enclosure, NEMA ratings

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Ingress Protection Requirements & Testing

Overview

CertifyGroup has one of the only full service Ingress Protection laboratories in the Western Hemisphere. Our lab can meet all your IP testing needs: Protection against immersion, Moisture, foreign objects, dust, including the most extreme ratings, such as IP 67.

Ingress Protection is the degree of protection provided by the product enclosure. In many cases, the level of protection provided by the enclosure is marked on the product in the form of an "IP" code

IP Codes:
Example: IP 55 would indicate a dust protected (first digit 5) piece of equipment which is protected against water jets (second digit 5)

1^st Digit	Protection Against Foreign Objects	2^nd Digit	Protection Against Moisture
0	Not protected	0	Not protected
1	Protected against objects greater than 50mm	1	Protected against dripping water
2	Protected against objects greater than 12mm	2	Protected against dripping water when tilted up to 15N
3	Protected against objects greater than 2.5mm	3	Protected against spraying water
4	Protected against objects greater than 1.0mm	4	Protected against splashing water
5	Dust protected	5	Protected against water jets
6	Dust tight	6	Protected against heavy seas
		7	Protection against the effects of immersion
		8	Protection against submersion

For IP Test Equipment, go to the ED&D Website:
http://www.productsafet.com/pages/main.html

IP Resources:
Article on IP Testing from Compliance Engineering Magazine
IP Article

Comparison chart for IP and NEMA ratings
NEMA and IP Chart

For more information on NEMA Enclosure ratings, go the the NEMA Enclosure page:
http://www.nema.org/prod/be/enclosures

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