Appendix II
Electrical Protection and Enclosure Class
1.0. General
The details discussed here shall be read in conjunction with Chapter X. In fact, engineering details for electrical enclosure class and area classification has been discussed in details in Chapter X. Here, supplementary information has been included to complete the discussion on the subject. Explosion proof and flame proof enclosures are the two most commonly used hazardous area protection techniques.
Really they are same, or they have some differences?
1.1. Explosion Proof versus Flame Proof Enclosures
There are many similarities between the two in the sense that flame proof and explosion proof enclosures have the same objectives:
• To keep the insides isolated from the outer hazardous ...
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