What is the Difference for Flexible LED Curtain Display With IP43, IP54 and IP65 ?

Definition: IP protection level

IP means ingress protection, there are various level from zero to eight with two class
number together.
First number
(Protection against
solid objects)

Definition

Second number
(Protection against
liquids)

Definition

No protection

No protection

Protected against solids

Protected against

objects over 50mm (e.g.

vertically falling drops of

accidental touch by hands

water

Protected against solids

Protected against direct

objects over 12mm (e.g.

sprays up to 15o from

fingers)

the vertical

Protected against solids

Protected against direct

objects over 2.5mm (e.g.

sprays up to 60o from

tools and wires)

the vertical

Protected against solids

Protected against

objects over 1mm (e.g.

sprays from all

tools, wires and small

directions - limited

wires

ingress permitted

Protected against dust -

Protected against low

limited ingress (no

pressure jets if water

harmful deposit)

from all directions limited ingress permitted

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Totally protected against

dust

Protected against strong

jets of water e.g. for use
on shipdecks - limited
ingress permitted

Protected against the

effects of temporary
immersion between
15cm and 1m. Duration
of test 30 minutes

Protected against long

periods of immersion
under pressure

The detail explanation of protection level of flexible led screen:

There are various product with different kind of protection level, at present IP43,
IP54 and IP65 is available.
IP43:
From the table above, 4 means Protected against solids objects over 1mm (e.g.
tools, wires and small wires), 3 means Protected against direct sprays up to
60o from the vertical.
Exactly speaking, The product with IP43 is not waterproof, it cannot be
exposed in the outdoor open air or the place that the rain, water drop and
spatter can reach.
If the product with IP43 is wetted by liquid, it will cause short circuit. if the
water filter into the led that is not waterproof itself (like most of the 3528 SMD
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LED), the LED will goes dead.

If the led screen with IP43 is wetted by rain, possibly the LEDs will go dead
with large quantity.
Therefore, we only can install the led screen with IP43 indoor and semioutdoor where the water cannot approach.

IP54:
5 means Protected against dust - limited ingress (no harmful deposit), 4
means Protected against sprays from all directions - limited ingress permitted.
Our product with IP54 is waterproof, we dip our flexible led screen with IP54
into water, there is not any problem that the screen works in the water for
several days.
The whole device including PCB, cable and LED is printed with a layer of
waterproof material, so it is waterproof, we can install it outdoor even in the
rain, but it is not for outdoor permanently installation, because it is just
protected by a printed layer which is very thin, it cannot endure long term
sunbeam, wind and acid rain, otherwise the printed layer will be corrupted by
weathering.
So usually we use the led screen with IP54 for outdoor temporary installation,
for example, we can install the led screen with IP54 outdoor for an event with
one or two weeks, after the event we need to move the led screen indoor or
put into the case ( must keep dry before we put the device into case).
Usually we use flexible led screen with IP54 for rental business, mobile led
vehicle screen (truck, lorry, bus and so on the faade of the vehicle), mobile
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advertisement, road show, music tour

IP65:
6 means Totally protected against dust, 5 means Protected against low
pressure jets if water from all directions - limited ingress permitted.
The flexible led screen with IP65 is for outdoor permanent installation, there
are double protection, printed layer and silicon glue (silica gel), the exposed
LED lamp is protected by additional layer of silica gel that is specially
imported from Japan and which never goes yellow (change color).

Remark: there is also various kind of LED, the faade of some LED lamp is
waterproof, but some is not waterproof, the led screen made of 3528 SMD
LED is not waterproof itself; the outdoor LED screen must use waterproof and
antioxidant led lamps. (thats why the outdoor led screen made of SMD LED
is expensive.)
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