Appendix A

International English

 

 

 

 

SECOND NUMBER

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

No protection

No special protection.

 

 

 

 

 

1

Protection against water

Water drops falling vertically must not have any harmful effect.

 

 

dripping vertically

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Protection against water

Water drops failing at any angle up to 15' with the vertical must not have

 

 

dripping non-vertically

any harmful effect.

 

 

 

 

 

3

Protection against spray

Water hitting the object at any angle up to 600 with the vertical must not

 

 

water

have any harmful effect.

 

 

 

 

 

4

Protection against splash

Water splashing against the object from all directions must not have any

 

 

water

harmful effect.

 

 

 

 

 

5

Protection against jet

A jet of water projected from a standard nozzle at 12.5 litres per minute

 

 

water

against the object from all directions must not have any harmful effect.

 

 

 

 

 

6

Protection against

A water jet projected at 1 00 litres per minute from all directions shall have

 

 

powerful water jets

no harmful effect.

 

 

 

 

 

7

Protection against

If the enclosure is immersed between 0. 1 5 and 1 m in water for 30

 

 

temporary submersion

minutes, water must not enter it in any harmful quantity.

 

 

 

 

 

8

Protection against

If the enclosure remains submerged in water, under agreed conditions

 

 

continuous submersion

which are more severe than those of IPX7, water must not enter it in any

 

 

 

harmful quantity.

 

 

 

 

 

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