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What Is The IP Ratings Chart?: Electrical Enclosure

The document discusses IP ratings, which detail the level of protection electrical enclosures provide against external elements like dust, debris, moisture, and human contact. IP ratings use a numbering system established by the IEC, with the first number indicating protection from solids/moving parts and the environment, and the second number indicating protection from liquids. Higher numbers indicate better protection, with levels 5-6 specifically concerning dust protection - level 5 allows some dust but not enough to affect equipment, while level 6 is fully dust-tight. Tests are conducted using talcum powder and vacuums to evaluate dust protection over periods of 2-8 hours.

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What Is The IP Ratings Chart?: Electrical Enclosure

The document discusses IP ratings, which detail the level of protection electrical enclosures provide against external elements like dust, debris, moisture, and human contact. IP ratings use a numbering system established by the IEC, with the first number indicating protection from solids/moving parts and the environment, and the second number indicating protection from liquids. Higher numbers indicate better protection, with levels 5-6 specifically concerning dust protection - level 5 allows some dust but not enough to affect equipment, while level 6 is fully dust-tight. Tests are conducted using talcum powder and vacuums to evaluate dust protection over periods of 2-8 hours.

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What is the IP Ratings Chart?

Short for Ingress Protection or International Protection, an IP rating details how


protected an electrical enclosure or cabinet is from external elements,
including dust, debris, human contact, and moisture.

When you’re looking for a new enclosure for your workplace, it’s vital to
understand IP ratings and know which ones are most appropriate for your
environment.

For the full scope of the ratings, you can refer to international standard EN
60529 (British BS EN 60529:1992, European IEC 60509:1989). Today, we’re giving
an overview of what the ratings chart looks like and what it means.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) established a multi-part


labeling system to denote how protected each component is. The IP rating
includes three to four elements, including:

 The words “IP” at the beginning


 A first number that describes how protected people are from the
component’s moving parts, along with how protected the component is from
the environment and foreign bodies.
 A second number that describes how well-protected the electrical
enclosure is from liquids and moisture, including sprays, dips, and
submersions.

The IP rating normally has two (but may have three) numbers:

1. Protection from solid objects or materials


2. Protection from liquids (water)
3. Protection against mechanical impacts (commonly omitted, the third
number is not a part of IEC 60529)
Solids ingress protection Levels 5 and 6 are concerned with dust protection. Level 5
allows some dust to enter, but not enough to affect equipment operation. Level 6 is fully
dust-tight. These tests are conducted in a dust chamber using fine talcum powder
recirculated by a blower. Depending on the test requirements, a partial vacuum may be
drawn through the enclosure. The vacuum tests are performed for a period of between
two and eight hours, depending on how much air volume is drawn through the cabinet.
The duration of the non-vacuum tests is eight hours.

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