Which is usually the second part of ingress protection (IP) specified in IEC 60529. The second characteristic numeral (such as IPx4) describes the degree of protection against ingress of water with harmful effects. Table 1: Brief Explanation of IP Code IP Code Description Water Ingress IP x0 Non... Read More
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Waterproof Specifications IPX waterproof specifications are specified on instruments and equipment. Below is a table of waterproof test level definitions based on the IPX Waterproof Specification. Test Level Definitions IPX-0 No special protection IPX-1 Protected against falling water Equivalent to ... Read More
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Have you ever rubbed a balloon against your clothes and then made it stick to a wall? Or walked across a room to open a door, but received a shock from the doorknob instead? How about taking off your hat on dry winter’s day and having a “hair-raising” experience? All of these events are the result ... Read More
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Variable frequency operation has been around a long time, at least since the invention of the AC (alternating current) generator and the induction motor. By changing the rotational speed of a generator, you can alter its output frequency. In fact, before the discovery of high speed transistors, this ... Read More
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Do you know what the IP code is for your product? If so, do you know what the code stands for? An IP code is a rating assigned to a product or enclosure that indicates its level of ingress protection, or IP. That’s the amount of protection that the enclosure provides against the entry of foreign ... Read More
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If you have an appliance that repeatedly blows a fuse or trips a circuit breaker, it could be an indication that the appliance has some sort of defect which eventually could lead to fire or electrical shock. Unplug the appliance immediately and have an experienced technician or repair person examine ... Read More
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Glow wire test device is used to test electronic technical products to determine if there is a potential fire hazard should the equipment come onto contact with something that has a high temperature, such as an electrical wire. How It Works A loop of resistance wire is electrically heated to a ... Read More
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Australian 2005 standard power plug with insulated pins For more details on this topic, see AS 3112.Australasian switched 3-pin dual power point (socket) The plug used in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Argentina, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and China has an earthing pin and two flat ... Read More
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Plugs and sockets that conform with the AS/NZS 3112 standard are used in Australia and New Zealand and several PacificIslands, which explains the name Australasian type. Comparable plugs are used in China, Argentina and Uruguay. 1, 2 Standard domestic 10A - 250V socket and plug. The power pins (N ... Read More
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The most common white points in digital color workflows are D50 and D65. Both D50 and D65 are D-Illuminants with xy chromaticity coordinates specified by the CIE (Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage). The “D” stands for daylight. The number is a loose reference to the correlated color ... Read More
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