What are IK ratings? : Electricians' Q&A

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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