Ingress Protection Class - Smartek UCC User Manual

In each setup, the camera and its heat conductor are exposed to the environment temperature of 22.5
until all match (1). As soon as the camera is powered (2) it starts to heat immediately (3) and reaches its
maximum after around one hour (4). The difference in temperature between the sample setups is significant;
the camera which is not mounted to any heat conductor shows after one hour in an environment with 22.5
a device temperature of 50.4
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12 C to 15 C, depending on the connection to the heat sink.
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(3)
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(1) (2)
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Figure 4: Example of heating behavior of a camera with different thermal connections

1.8 Ingress Protection Class

The camera housing fulfills the Ingress Protection Class of IP40. It is protected against solid objects with a
diameter larger than 1 mm (tools, wires, and small wires) and has no protection against liquids.
◦
C. With a small aluminum heat conductor the camera temperature drops about
Heat-Up Graphs (GCC1932C)
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Time (in s)
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Not mounted
Aluminum (loose)
Aluminum (well mounted)
2500 3000
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C,
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(4)
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