in this video I explain the meaning of
Ip ratings and what each of them
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means hello this is Mr Mobility have you
ever wondered what those IP ratings for
smartphones really mean all of them
first and foremost what does the IP
stand for it stands for Ingress
Protection Ingress Protection IP and
what the rating does is measure the
level of
protection that is built into a device
for dust and solid particles as well as
water and liquids and IP rating
specifies two figures there's a first
digit and then there's a second one so
you see something like IP 52 ip54 ip68
now the first digit in the IP rating is
what represents solid and dust
protection while the second digit
represents protection from water and
liquids and they are paired together now
each of those numbers mean something so
when you see IP 52 or IP 52 there is
something that it means let me run
through what each of those digits on
numbers mean for dust and then what they
mean for liquid and then we'll pair a
few common ones and look at the totality
of what they mean so first for dust
that's the first de so when I say the
first digit when when you see IP 52 five
is the first digit and two is second
digit so five represents protection from
dust and solid particles Y 2 represents
protection from water and liquid for
dust and solid Protection One stands for
protection against solid objects greater
than 50 mm such as a human hand yes
you'll be surprised find that yes you do
not see a lot of devices rated ip1
1512 but that rating exists I mean you
don't want your smartphone protected
against your hand do you what would be
the use
okay so two we're still under dust and
solid particles two pro two represents a
protection against a solid object
greater than 12.5 mm such as finger the
next digit is three and we're still
looking at column for dust and solid
particle protection three represents
protection against a solid object
greater than 2 mm such as a wire four
represents protection against a solid
object greater than 1.0 mm such as a
thin
strap again you don't see ip4 something
anywhere so you can ignore that but then
we now come to IP we now come to five
and we see a lot of Ip five something
all around us in smartphones so what
does that five represents under dust and
solid particles it represents protection
from limited dust Ingress so there is
some protection when your dust when when
your smartphone has an
ip5 something rating there is a limited
protection from dust it's not complete
it's just limited but when you get to
six under dust protection you talking
about full dust TI full protection from
dust dust cannot get into that phone or
that
device there is no Ingress of dust other
words dust cannot get
in six is the maximum rating for dust
and solid items for that first digit six
is the maximum rating so if you see an
IP 60 something or IP 6 something
written for a smartphone it means that
phone is protect is fully protected from
dust and particles getting into it now
let's go to the second digit which is
where water and liquid protection is
represented now that column or that
digit has up to nine levels dust has a
maximum of six but for water and liquids
we going all the way to nine for the
second digit which represents water and
liquid one represents protection against
water drops uh your phone is is lying
down on the floor and maybe you have
some water on your hand or sweat on your
chin and while you are doing something
over it it's a drop of sweat a drop of
water from your hand to it an IP
something one something they're
representing dust an IP something one
will provide protection against such
random drops of water what about two two
represents protection against water
drops at a 15 Dee angle
right it's almost not a drop it's almost
like water is flung at a very shallow
angle so it's coming in almost like this
imagine that you have dogs in your house
and your dog does that you know your dog
comes in from the rain or has just had a
shower and then does that thing yes you
are likely to get water being flung at
that angle at that 15% angle imagine
such spray of water or drops of water
heat your phone a phone with IP
something to protection you will not
have to worry about that pH getting
damage from that what about three three
represents protection against water
spray at 60 degree angle a 60° angle is
a sharper angle it's a much sharper
angle so we're beginning to talk of
water from a shower water from rain
Breezy windy rain that kind of a thing
IP something3 provides protection from
that kind of water how about four number
four represents protection against water
splashing from any angle so somebody
threw water from a
basin blah blah blah blah blah an i
something4 provides protection against
that kind of a thing next what about
five number five represents protection
against water jets from any Angle now
splashes of water are different from
Jets of water so we're talking about
water from a hor right um you're washing
your car with with a hor there's a
stronger Force than just a spray you
know than just somebody spraying water
if you're using a hose to wash your car
or to do some watering in the garden and
some of that mistakenly is directed at
your phone not a high pressure hose
regular hose right sprink class light
power power horses things like that what
about six six provides protection
against powerful heavy Jets yeah so now
you have a powerful host a powerful tap
that kind of a thing is where an IP
something6 provides you protection
from let's move on to seven an IP
something s provides protection against
the effects of temp temporary submersion
in water of No More Than 3
ft for no more than 30 minutes 3et is
about 1 M we talking about your phone
dropping to a depth of about 1 M for no
longer than 30 minutes if it goes beyond
1 M trouble if he stays at 1 M for more
than 30 minutes trouble your phone can
drop in water of up to 1 m for 30
minutes and it will survive it that's IP
something7 we're getting to the top how
about IP
something8 the number eight for water
protection represents protection against
the effects of permanent submersion in
water for up to 13 ft if your phone
drops in water of No More Than 3 m it is
protected if it has an IP
something8
rating and finally nine IP something9
represents all the benefits of Ip
something8 plus protection from high
temperature Jets of water that's what IP
69 ip69 K represent an IP something9
rating means that the device is
protected against high pressure high
temperature jet
sprays when you're doing steam cleaning
when you're doing steam scrubbing of a
device you can actually do that and that
smartphone or that device will survive
it now what is the difference between
ip69 and ip69k ip69k is even just more
stent it's it's much more tougher it's
talking about a higher level of
protection against high temperature
water jets and sprays so if you have a
device that is rated IP
something9 or IP something 9k then you
have the T-Rex of protection on your
device let's try to look at some common
IP ratings in recent times IP 54 or IP
54 has been common among budget
devices those devices with an ip54
rating are protected from limited dust
Ingress as well as water splashing
splashing from any any angle they have
limited dust protection and protection
from splashes of water from any angle
that's
ip54 ip68 is also one of the most common
IP rains found in smartphones
ip68 the six being in the first digit
means that it has full protection from
dust no dust is going to get into that
device and then the eight means that it
is protect
against ersion in water for up to 13 ft
about 3 m i mean that's taller I'm a
little bit above 2 m that's a depth
taller than myself anytime you see an IP
rating there are others there's IP 52
there's IP67 IP67 is also fairly common
among upper mid-range smartphones and
what it means is that the device has
complete dust protection and has
protection against immersion in water
for No More Than 3 ft which is about 1 M
and for no more than 30 minutes so if
you have an IP67 phone and it drops in
water get it out of that water within 30
minutes if it drops in water that's
deeper than 1 minute please do
everything to get that immediately
before the damage happens because once
it's deeper than one meter can be
damaged
as a rule don't take your IP rated
smartphone swimming I just advise
against that's it I hope that you better
understand what IP ratings are all about
and how it works you may find it
difficult to memorize everything but as
a rule of thumb
IP67 to ip69 devices are the devices
that you can submarine water and that
offer full dust
protection IP67
ip68
ip69 they offer you full dust protection
and can be submerged in
water every other IP rating below that
provides only limited protection from
dust and water that's the rule of Tom
I'll see you in my next video