Second Digit: Liquid Ingress Protection - Siare Falco 202 Evo User Manual

A.3.2 Second digit: liquid ingress protection
The second digit indicates the level of protection that the enclosure provides against
harmful ingress of water. The ratings for water ingress are not cumulative beyond IPX6.
A device which is compliant with IPX7, covering immersion in water, need not be compliant
with IPX5 or IPX6, covering exposure to water jets.
A device which meets both tests is indicated by listing both tests separated by a slash, e.g.
IPX5 / IPX7.
Protection
Level
0 None
Dripping
1
water
Dripping
2 water when
tilted at 15°
Spraying
3
water
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Effective against
against
Dripping water (vertically
falling drops) shall have no
harmful effect on the specimen
when mounted in an upright
position onto a turntable and
rotated at 1 RPM.
Vertically dripping water shall
have no harmful effect when
the enclosure is tilted at an
angle of 15° from its normal
position.
A total of four positions are
tested within two axes.
Water falling as a spray at any
angle up to 60° from the
vertical shall have no harmful
effect, utilizing either: a) An
oscillating fixture, or b) A spray
nozzle with a counterbalanced
shield.
Test a) is conducted for 5
minutes, then repeated with
the specimen rotated
horizontally by 90° for the
second 5-minute test.
Test b) is conducted (with
shield in place) for 5 minutes
minimum.
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Test duration: 10 minutes.
Water equivalent to 1 mm
rainfall per minute.
Test duration: 2.5 minutes for
every direction of tilt (10
minutes total).
Water equivalent to 3 mm
rainfall per minute.
For a spray nozzle:
Test duration: 1 minute per
square meter for at least
5 minutes
Water volume: 10 litres per
minute
Pressure: 50–150 kPa
For an oscillating tube:
Test duration: 10 minutes
Water Volume: 0.07 l/min per
hole
Details
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User manual, DU3104101