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NEMA Ratings and IP Equivalency Chart

NEMA Rating IP Equivalent NEMA Definition IP Definition   1 IP10 Enclosures constructed for indoor use to provide a degree of protection to personnel against incidental contact with the enclosed equipment and to provide a degree of protection against falling dirt 1 = Protected against...

IP Codes in accordance with IEC 529 & UL

There are several different uses of IP Codes, as described in IEC 529. IP Codes can have the following arrangement: ·         First character only, such as IP 3X ·         Second character only, such as IP X4 ·         Both characters, such as IP 34 The first...

UL 508 - The UL Safety Standard for Industrial Control Equipment

Industrial Control Equipment is a term commonly used to represent discrete components ranging from selector switches, relays, contactors, motor starters, timers, pilot lights, to complex system of these components. It encompasses more than 30 different product categories and 100 different devices (See Figure1).   Figure 1: Examples of industrial...