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Understanding IP ratings for cable protection hoses

A hose is never IP-rated on its own: the combination with the gland determines the class. What do those two digits mean?

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The two digits

The first digit covers dust and solid particles (0 to 6), the second covers water (0 to 9K). IP66 means fully dust-tight and resistant to powerful water jets; IP69K adds hot-water high-pressure cleaning.

Hose plus gland is one system

The stated IP rating only applies when hose, gland and lock nut come from the same system and are tightened correctly. A cheap gland on an expensive hose drops the whole chain to its weakest point.

Mind the mounting direction

Never let a hose sag horizontally into a connection point: water collects in the lowest bend and creeps inside along the cable sheath. Mount with a drip loop below the connection point.

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