| Protection
Against Solid Bodies I P
(1st figure) |
Protection
Against Liquids I P
(2nd figure) |
| 0 |
No protection |
0 |
No protection |
| 1 |
Protected against solid bodies larger
than 50mm
(i.e. hand)
|
1 |
Protected against vertically-falling drops of water
(condensation) |
2 |
Protected against solid bodies larger
than 12mm
(i.e. finger)
|
2 |
Protected against drops of water falling at up to 15°
from the vertical |
| 3 |
Protected against solid bodies larger than 2.5mm
(i.e. tools/wires) |
3 |
Protected against drops of rain water at up to 60° from
the vertical |
| 4 |
Protected against solid bodies larger
than 1mm
(i.e. thin tools and fine wires)
|
4 |
Protected against projections of water from all directions |
| 5 |
Protected against dust (no harmful
deposit)
|
5 |
Protected against jets of water from all directions |
| 6 |
Completely protected against dust |
6 |
Protected against powerful jets of water from all directions |
| |
|
7 |
Protected against the effects
of temporary immersion in water |
| |
|
8 |
Protected against the continuous effects of immersion in water |
