What are IK ratings? : Electricians' Q&A

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Most electricians are familiar with IP ratings for moisture ingress but what about IK ratings for impact.
Joe Robinson explores IEC62262 and the IK rating system.
This question was raised by an eFIXX viewer following our review of the Scame Advance GRP sockets.
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00:00 What are IK ratings
00:13 Review of the Scame industrial sockets
00:22 Hammer time
00:40 K = kinetic
00:56 IK00 to IK10
01:38 Different shapes
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Комментарии : 14

@Fishbait075 2 года назад

We need some IG ratings : How easy is it for Gary to break an item. 🤣

@efixx 2 года назад

Great idea 💡 👍

@Sparks1Plumbers0 2 года назад

A good idea... however Gary's already broke it. 🤫 😂🤣😂

@stevendouglas3860 2 года назад

Interesting article Joe /eFIXX . Like these Short . Regs info ..just incase 😆

@brianwood5220 2 года назад

Thanks Joe, learnt something new.

@Drones_and_more 2 года назад

Love the ex apprentice lump hammer used, I thought I was the only one who still had his apprentice tool kit lol(after 31 years)

@efixx 2 года назад

I’m the proud owner of that lump hammer *Gordon 😂😂😂

@Keith-jj2oh 2 года назад

IK ratings are mentioned in the COP for EV charging units.

@efixx 2 года назад

They are indeed and more on this topic coming soon.

@calmeilles 2 года назад

IEC 309 32A commando sockets fixed to the concrete floor under the raised floor of a data centre. IK10 specified. The practical reason: would they survive having a floor tile dropped on them? In reality those tiles are heavy and have sharp metal covered corners, so just possibly not. But it was the best that could be done. 😂

@Ressy66 2 года назад

especially with a fully kitted out rack of about 700kgs on top :)

@filipe.skunk8 2 года назад

Everything has some sort of Mechanical protection even though it doesn’t say on the sticker. Can’t really think of anything that could be IK00 apart from a glass bulb . You can also compensate for the lack of a suitable IK for a specific area like for example a car park with low level emergency bulkheads that can be hit by cars, you add one of those steel mesh caps to satisfy the IK requirement.

@mikecumbo7531 2 года назад

What’s the IK rating of the junction where the conduit enters the box? Will an IK10 rated item protect against a forklift that runs amok? You can only design so many defense systems or levels of protection because a fool can do things no sane person has ever considered.