IP Ratings Table
The IP Rating is the Ingress Protection rating. Basically this explains if the device is protected from items coming in contact with the device.
|
First number (Ingress Protection
against solid objects) |
Definition |
Second number (Ingress Protection
against liquids) |
Definition |
|
0 |
No protection |
0 |
No protection |
|
1 |
Protected against solids objects over 50mm |
1 |
Protected against vertically falling drops
of water |
|
2 |
Protected against solids objects over 12mm
|
2 |
Protected against direct sprays up to 15o
from the vertical |
|
3 |
Protected against solids objects over 2.5mm |
3 |
Protected against direct sprays up to 60o
from the vertical |
|
4 |
Protected against solids objects over 1mm |
4 |
Protected against sprays from all directions
- limited ingress permitted |
|
5 |
Protected against dust - limited ingress |
5 |
Protected against low pressure jets if water
from all directions - limited ingress permitted |
|
6 |
Totally protected against dust |
6 |
Protected against strong jets of water. limited ingress permitted |
|
|
|
7 |
Protected against the effects of temporary
immersion between 15cm and 1m. for 30 minutes |
|
|
|
8 |
Protected against long periods of immersion |
Examples:
IP64 is protected against liquid sprays from all directions.
IP65 is protected against liquid low pressure jets of water from all
directions
IP66 is protected against strong jets of water from all directions