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Ingress Protection (IP) Codes
Hitech Instruments has the experience of 30 years designing and manufacturing gas analysers. Now embedded in the new, state of the art, purpose built factory of parent company.
(IEC/EN60529)| First numeral Protection against solid bodies |
Second numeral Protection against liquid |
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| No protection | 0 | 0 | No protection |
| Objects greater then 50mm | 1 | 1 | Vertically dripping water |
| Objects greater then 12mm | 2 | 2 | Angled dripping water -75° to 90° |
| Objects greater then 2.5mm | 3 | 3 | Sprayed water |
| Objects greater then 1.0mm | 4 | 4 | Splashed water |
| Dust protected | 5 | 5 | Water jets |
| Dust tight | 6 | 6 | Heavy seas |
| 7 | Effects of immersion | ||
| 8 | Indefinite immersion | ||
Example: IP65
equipment is dust-tight and protected against water jets
