IP CODES
The International Protection Code or Ingress Protection Codes
...classifies the protection given by an enclosure against the touching of live parts, contact with moving parts and protection against the ingress of solid bodies. It also specifies protection against the harmful ingress of liquids.
Two digits are used to describe its protection rating, called the IP Code.
| First digit = Protection against Solid Objects | | Second digit = Protection against Liquids |
0 | No Protection | 0 | No Protection |
| 1 | Protection against Large Sized Bodies | 1 | Protection against Vertically Falling Drops of Water |
| 2 | Protection against Medium Sized Bodies | 2 | Protection against Drops of Water up to 15" from the Vertical |
| 3 | Protection against Small Sized Bodies | 3 | Protection against Rain Falling up to 60" from the Vertical |
| 4 | Protection against Very Small Sized Bodies | 4 | Protection against Splashed Water from any Angle |
| 5 | Protection against Harmful Deposits of Dust | 5 | Protection against Jets of Water from any Angle |
| 6 | Protection against Deposits of Dust | 6 | Protection against Water from Heavy Seas |
| | 7 | Protected against Immersion for a Defined Period |
| | 8 | Protected against Immersion for an Indefinite Period |