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Product category: Floor-Standing Racks, Cabinets and Enclosures
News Release from: Sarel
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 18 September 2002

Enclosure users misread IP ratings

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Brian O'Donoghue, chairman of the GAMBICA enclosures group, reports that there is widespread confusion among enclosure users about the meaning and scope of the widely used IP rating system.

Brian O'Donoghue, strategic marketing manager of Sarel, and chairman of the GAMBICA enclosures group, reports that there is widespread confusion among enclosure users about the meaning and scope of the widely used IP (ingress protection) rating system Although this system was only ever intended to indicate how effective a particular enclosure was in protecting against the entry of solids or liquids, it appears that many users are attempting to interpret the ratings more widely and, as a result, are disappointed by what they perceive to be shortcomings in the products they have purchased