IP Ratings Explained
Most Peli Cases are IP67 rated, this means that an item is completely dust-tight and watertight up to depths of 1 meter for thirty minutes.<br>
Use the two lists below to work out any IP rating.
What is an IP Rating?
IP stands for Ingress Protection and the following numbers (i.e. IP67, IP56, etc) refer to the protection an item offers against the intrusion of the two categories of foreign bodies, i.e. solid (e.g. dust) and liquid (water).
Occasionally, you might see an ‘x’ in place of one of the numbers, this signals the reader that the IP rating has not been tested for that particular category (e.g IPX4 = liquid only).
First Digit: Solid Foreign Bodies
Protection against contact with solid foreign bodies intruding into an enclosure.
- 0. No special protection
- 1. Protection from a large part of the body such as a hand (but no protection from deliberate access); from solid objects greater than 50mm in diameter
- 2. Protection against fingers or other object not greater than 80mm in length and 12mm in diameter
- 3. Protection from entry by tools, wires, etc., with a diameter of thickness greater than 1.0mm
- 4. Protection from entry by solid objects with a diameter or thickness greater than 1.0mm
- 5. Protection from the amount of dust that would interfere with the operation of the equipment
- 6. Dust tight
Second Digit: Liquid foreign bodies
Protection against the harmful entry of various forms of moisture.
- 0. No special protection
- 1. Protection from dripping water
- 2. Protection from vertically dripping water
- 3. Protection from sprayed water
- 4. Protection from splashed water
- 5. Protection from water projected from a nozzle
- 6. Protection against heavy seas, or powerful jets of water
- 7. Protection against immersion (up to 1 metre for 30 minutes)
- 8. Protection against complete, continuous submersion in water