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Ingress Protection (IP) ratings are developed by the European Committee for Electro Technical Standardization
(CENELEC) (NEMA IEC 60529 Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures - IP Code), specifying the
environmental protection the enclosure provides.

The IP rating normally has two (or three) numbers:

1. Protection from solid objects or materials

2. Protection from liquids (water)
3. Protection against mechanical impacts (commonly omitted, the third number is not a part of IEC 60529)

Example - IP Rating

With the IP rating IP 54, 5 describes the level of protection from solid objects and 4 describes the level of
protection from liquids.

An "X" can used for one of the digits if there is only one class of protection, i.e. IPX1 which addresses protection
against vertically falling drops of water e.g. condensation..

IP First number - Protection against solid objects

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Home 0 No special protection

Acoustics Protected against solid objects over 50 mm, e.g. accidental touch by
Air Psychrometrics
1
persons hands.
Basics 2 Protected against solid objects over 12 mm, e.g. persons fingers.
Combustion
3 Protected against solid objects over 2.5 mm (tools and wires).
Drawing Tools
4 Protected against solid objects over 1 mm (tools, wires, and small wires).
Dynamics
5 Protected against dust limited ingress (no harmful deposit).
Economics
Electrical 6 Totally protected against dust.
Environment IP Second number - Protection against liquids
Fluid Mechanics
Gas and Compressed Air 0 No protection.
HVAC Systems 1 Protection against vertically falling drops of water e.g. condensation.
Hydraulics and o
Pneumatics 2 Protection against direct sprays of water up to 15 from the vertical.
Insulation 3 o
Protected against direct sprays of water up to 60 from the vertical.
Material Properties Protection against water sprayed from all directions - limited ingress
Mathematics 4
permitted.
Mechanics Protected against low pressure jets of water from all directions - limited
Miscellaneous 5
ingress.
Physiology Protected against temporary flooding of water, e.g. for use on ship decks -
Piping Systems 6
limited ingress permitted.
Process Control 7 Protected against the effect of immersion between 15 cm and 1 m.
Pumps
8 Protects against long periods of immersion under pressure.
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Steam and Condensate IP Third number - Protection against mechanical impacts (commonly omitted, the third number
Thermodynamics is not a part of IEC 60529)
Water Systems
0 No protection.
Protects against impact of 0.225 joule
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Convert Units (e.g. 250 g weight falling from 20 cm height).
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Temperature Protected against impact of 2.0 joule
4 International
(e.g. 500 g weight falling from 40 cm height).

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o
C Protected against impact of 6.0 joule
o 5
F (e.g. 1.5 kg weight falling from 40 cm height).
Protected against impact of 20.0 joule
6
(e.g. 5 kg weight falling from 40 cm height).
Length

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