IP ratings for enclosures
IPxy where x is the dust rating and y is the water rating.
IP00 offers no protection.
IP45 Protection against objects greater than 1 mm and water jets from any direction.
| Rating
| Dust
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| Rating
| Water
|
| 0
| No Protection
|
| 0
| No Protection
|
| 1
| Against access with hand and ingress of solid objects greater than 50 mm
|
| 1
| Against vertically falling drops
|
| 2
| Against access with finger and ingress of solid objects greater than 12 mm
|
| 2
| Against drops of falling liquid at an angle up to 15º from the vertical
|
| 3
| Against access with tools and ingress of solid objects greater than 2.5 mm
|
| 3
| Against water falling in rain at an angle up to 60º from the vertical
|
| 4
| Against access with wires of strips and ingress of solid objects greater than 1 mm
|
| 4
| Against water splashed from any direction (over 360º)
|
| 5
| Complete protection against contact with live parts and ingress of harmful deposits of dust
|
| 5
| Against water jets from any direction (over 360º)
|
| 6
| Complete protection against contact with live parts and ingress of dust
|
| 6
| Against water projected in powerful jets as from heavy seas
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|
| 7
| Against immersion in water under defined conditions of pressure and time
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| 8
| Against continuous submersion in water
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