Degrees of protection against
water penetration for headlamps
EN 60529 standard - IP code
- IP X0
- Non-protected
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- IP X1
- Protected against vertically falling water drops
- Water drops falling vertically must not have any adverse operational effects
on headlamps.
- IP X2
- Protected against vertically falling water drops when enclosure is tilted
up to 15°
- Water drops falling vertically must not have any adverse operational effects
when the headlamp is tilted up to 15°.
- IP X3
- Protected against spraying water
- Water sprayed at angles of up 60° to the headlamp must not have any adverse
operational effects.
- IP X4
- Protected against splashing water
- Water splashed on the headlamp must not have any adverse operational effects.
- IP X5
- Protected against water jets
- Water jet sprayed from all directions on the headlamp must not have any adverse
operational effects.
- IP X6
- Protected against powerful water jets
- Water sprayed though powerful jets from all directions must not have any adverse
operational effects on the headlamp.
- IP X7
- Protected against the effects of temporary immersion in water
- Under specific conditions of pressure and duration, water must not enter a
temporarily submerged headlamp in quantities that would cause adverse operational effects.
- IP X8
- Protected against the effects of continued immersion in water
- Water must not enter a headlamp submerged for a prolonged period of time in
quantities that would cause adverse operational effects under conditions agreed to by the manufacturer
and the user, but are more stringent than the conditions laid out in IP X7.