IEC 60529:1989/AMD2:2013

Amendment 2 - Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)

The contents of the corrigendum of January 2019 have been included in this copy.

Amendement 2 - Degrés de protection procurés par les enveloppes (Code IP)

Le contenu du corrigendum de janvier 2019 a été pris en considération dans cet exemplaire.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Aug-2013
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 13.260 - Protection against electric shock. Live working
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: TC 70 - Degrees of protection provided by enclosures
• Drafting Committee: MT 1 - TC 70/MT 1
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 15-Nov-2013
• Completion Date: 29-Aug-2013

Relations

• Amends: IEC 60529:1989 - Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023
• Corrected By: IEC 60529:1989/AMD2:2013/COR1:2019 - Corrigendum 1 - Amendment 2 - Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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IEC 60529 ®
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AMENDMENT 2
AMENDEMENT 2
Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)

Degrés de protection procurés par les enveloppes (Code IP)

IEC 60529:1989/A2:2013
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IEC 60529 ®
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INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
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AMENDMENT 2
AMENDEMENT 2
Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)

Degrés de protection procurés par les enveloppes (Code IP)

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
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ICS 13.260; 29.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-1027-7

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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 70: Degrees of protection
provided by enclosures.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
70/122/FDIS 70/123/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
The contents of the corrigendum of January 2019 have been included in this copy.

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INTRODUCTION TO AMENDMENT 2
This Amendment 2 introduces a new degree of protection IP X9 whereas no modifications of
the existing degrees of protection are made.
Thus neither additional tests nor modifications of the existing certificates should be requested
in case of enclosures providing a different IP code.
CONTENTS
Add the following new subclause title:
14.2.9 Test for second characteristic numeral 9 with a spray nozzle

60529 Amend. 2 © IEC:2013 – 3 –
Add the following new figure titles:
Figure 7 − Fan jet nozzle dimensions
Figure 8 − Fan jet nozzle resulting dimensions of spraying hole for checking purpose
Figure 9 − Fan jet nozzle examples
Figure 10 − Set-up for measuring the impact force of the water jet for determining the
protection against high-pressure and temperature water jet, degree of protection against
ingress of water IP X9
Figure 11 − Impact force distribution
Figure 12 – Test device to verify protection against high pressure and temperature water jet
for small enclosures
4.1 Arrangement of the IP Code
Replace the sixth line by the following:
(numerals 0 to 9, or letter X)

4.2 Elements of the IP Code and their meanings
Add, in the line “Second characteristic numeral”:
9 High pressure and
temperature water jet
4.3 Examples for the use of letters in the IP Code
Replace the last line by the following:
IPX5/IPX7/IPX9 – giving three degrees of protection by an enclosure against water jets,
temporary immersion and high pressure and temperature water jet for a
“versatile” application.
6 Degrees of protection against ingress of water indicated by the second
characteristic numeral
Replace the second paragraph by the following:
The tests for the second characteristic numeral are carried out with fresh water. The actual
protection may not be satisfactory if cleaning operations with high pressure and temperature
water jet outside the requirements of second characteristic numeral 9 and/or solvents are
used.
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Replace the seventh paragraph by the following
An enclosure designated with second characteristic numeral 7 or 8 only is considered
unsuitable for exposure to water jets (designated by second characteristic numeral 5 or 6) and
need not comply with requirements for numeral 5 or 6 unless it is multiple coded. An
enclosure designated with second characteristic numeral 9 only is considered unsuitable for
exposure to water jets (designated by second characteristic numeral 5 or 6) and immersion in
water (designated by second characteristic numeral 7 or 8) and need not comply with
requirements for numeral 5, 6, 7 or 8 unless it is multiple coded as follows:
Replace the table after the seventh paragraph by:
Enclosure passes test for:
Water jets Temporary/continuous
Designation and marking Range of application
second characteristic immersion
numeral second characteristic
numeral
5 7 IPX5/IPX7 Versatile
5 8 IPX5/IPX8 Versatile
6 7 IPX6/IPX7 Versatile
6 8 IPX6/IPX8 Versatile
9 7 IPX7/IPX9 Versatile
9 8 IPX8/IPX9 Versatile
5 and 9 7 IPX5/IPX7/IPX9 Versatile
5 and 9 8 IPX5/IPX8/IPX9 Versatile
6 and 9 7 IPX6/IPX7/IPX9 Versatile
6 and 9 8 IPX6/IPX8/IPX9 Versatile
– 7 IPX7 Restricted
– 8 IPX8 Restricted
–
9 IPX9 Restricted
–
5 and 9 IPX5/IPX9 Versatile
–
6 and 9 IPX6/IPX9 Versatile
Replace the last paragraph before Table 3 by the following:
Enclosures for “restricted” application indicated in the last column are considered suitable
only for the conditions to which they were tested.

Add, at the end of Table 3, the following new line:
9 Protected against high pressure Water projected at high pressure 14.2.9
and temperature water jets and high temperature against the
enclosure from any direction shall
not have harmful effects
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14 Tests for protection against water indicated by the second
characteristic numeral
14.1 Test means
Add, at the end of Table 8, the following new line:
9 Fan jet nozzle (15 ± 1) l/min
Figure 7
Test of small enclosure on turntable Figure 12 30 s per position 14.2.9 a)

Turntable speed (5 ± 1) r/min
Spray at 0°, 30°, 60°, 90°
Or
1 min/m 14.2.9 b)
Test of large enclosures as per intended use
at least 3 min
Spray from all practical directions
Distance (175 ± 25) mm
14.2 Test conditions
Replace the second paragraph by the following:
Details concerning compliance of degrees of protection – in particular for second
characteristic numerals 5/6/9 (water jets) and numerals 7/8 (immersion) – are given in
Clause 6.
Replace the last sentence of the fourth paragraph by:
For IPX7 and IPX9 details of the water temperature are given in 14.2.7 and 14.2.9
respectively.
Add the following new subclause:
14.2.9 Test for second characteristic numeral 9 by high pressure and temperature
water jetting
The test is made by spraying the enclosure with a stream of water from a standard test nozzle
as shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9.
The set-up for measuring the impact force of the water jet is given in Figure 10.
The distribution force shall be verified at upper and lower limits of distance tolerance range
(see Figure 11).
During the test a) or b) of the enclosure, the water temperature shall be (80 ± 5) °C.
a) For small enclosures (largest dimension less than 250 mm), the enclosure shall be
mounted on the test device shown in Figure 12.
– turntable speed: 5 r/min ± 1 r/min
– spray positions: 0°, 30°, 60°, 90°
The test duration is 30 s per position.
b) For large enclosures (largest dimension greater than or equal to 250 mm), the enclosure
shall be mounted as per intended use. The entire exposed surface area of the enclosure
shall be subjected to the spray at some point during the test procedure.

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– spray positions: the enclosure shall be sprayed from all practical directions covering
the entire surface area and the spray shall be, as far as possible, perpendicular to the
sprayed surface.
– distance between nozzle and sample under test shall be 175 ± 25 mm.
The test duration is 1 min/m of the calculated surface area of the enclosure (excluding any
mounting surface), with a minimum duration of 3 min.

14.3 Acceptance conditions
Replace the first paragraph by the following:
After testing in accordance with the appropriate requirements of 14.2.1 to 14.2.9, the
enclosure shall be inspected for ingress of water.

Add, after Figure 6, the following new figures:
Dimensions in millimetres
A-A (2:1)
R 0,75 ± 0,01
A
R 1,5 ± 0,005
A
∅3 ± 0,01
∅7
60°
IEC  1937/13
NOTE The dimension 9,69 ±0,01 refers to the centre of the radius R0,75 ±0,01.
Figure 7 – Fan jet nozzle dimensions
9,6
1,25
8 ± 0,01
9,69 ± 0,01
60529 Amend. 2 © IEC:2013 – 7 –
Dimensions in millimetres
2,34 ± 0,06
IEC  1938/13
NOTE A magnification of 100 times the edge of the nozzle should show a regular profile (see for example
Figure 9).
Figure 8 – Fan jet nozzle resulting dimensions of spraying hole for checking purpose

1,33 ± 0,04
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Bad surface finish
IEC  1939/13
Good surface finish
IEC  1940/13
Figure 9 – Example of different quality achievements of the surface finish
of the fan jet nozzle
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Dimensions in millimetres
B-B (1:1)
B
B
IEC  1941/13
Key
1 fan jet nozzle:
adjustment of the flow − rate between (15 ± 1) l/min to reach a distribution impact force of 0,9 – 1,2 N.
Water temperature during verification (20 ± 5) °C.
2 cover plate
3 impact plate 2 mm × 30 mm
4 force sensor
5 distribution forces directions (see also Figure 11)
Figure 10 −
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