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IP Rating Checker
Select an IP rating from the checker and display the definition for the ingress protection it will provide or look up an IP rating from the table for an explanation.
IP Rating Checker
Choose a 2 digit IP rating that you would like to define from the two selection boxes above and display the explanation for the level of dust and water ingress protection applicable to that rating.
IP Rating Lookup Table
| Rating | = | Protection from Solids | Protection from Liquids |
| IP00 | = | No protection | No protection |
| IP01 | = | No protection | condensation |
| IP02 | = | No protection | water spray < 15 degrees from vertical |
| IP03 | = | No protection | water spray < 60 degrees from vertical |
| IP04 | = | No protection | water spray from any direction |
| IP05 | = | No protection | low pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP06 | = | No protection | high pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP07 | = | No protection | immersion between 15cm and 1m depth |
| IP08 | = | No protection | long term immersion to a specified pressure |
| IP10 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | No protection |
| IP11 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | condensation |
| IP12 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | water spray < 15 degrees from vertical |
| IP13 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | water spray < 60 degrees from vertical |
| IP14 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | water spray from any direction |
| IP15 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | low pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP16 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | high pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP17 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | immersion between 15cm and 1m depth |
| IP18 | = | touch by hands (>50mm) | long term immersion to a specified pressure |
| IP20 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | No protection |
| IP21 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | condensation |
| IP22 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | water spray < 15 degrees from vertical |
| IP23 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | water spray < 60 degrees from vertical |
| IP24 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | water spray from any direction |
| IP25 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | low pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP26 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | high pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP27 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | immersion between 15cm and 1m depth |
| IP28 | = | touch by fingers (>12mm) | long term immersion to a specified pressure |
| Rating | = | Protection from Solids | Protection from Liquids |
| IP30 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | No protection |
| IP31 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | condensation |
| IP32 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | water spray < 15 degrees from vertical |
| IP33 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | water spray < 60 degrees from vertical |
| IP34 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | water spray from any direction |
| IP35 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | low pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP36 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | high pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP37 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | immersion between 15cm and 1m depth |
| IP38 | = | tools & wires (>2.5mm) | long term immersion to a specified pressure |
| IP40 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | No protection |
| IP41 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | condensation |
| IP42 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | water spray < 15 degrees from vertical |
| IP43 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | water spray < 60 degrees from vertical |
| IP44 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | water spray from any direction |
| IP45 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | low pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP46 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | high pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP47 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | immersion between 15cm and 1m depth |
| IP48 | = | tools & small wires (>1mm) | long term immersion to a specified pressure |
| Rating | = | Protection from Solids | Protection from Liquids |
| IP50 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | No protection |
| IP51 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | condensation |
| IP52 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | water spray < 15 degrees from vertical |
| IP53 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | water spray < 60 degrees from vertical |
| IP54 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | water spray from any direction |
| IP55 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | low pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP56 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | high pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP57 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | immersion between 15cm and 1m depth |
| IP58 | = | Limited dust ingress protection | long term immersion to a specified pressure |
| IP60 | = | Total dust ingress protection | No protection |
| IP61 | = | Total dust ingress protection | condensation |
| IP62 | = | Total dust ingress protection | water spray < 15 degrees from vertical |
| IP63 | = | Total dust ingress protection | water spray < 60 degrees from vertical |
| IP64 | = | Total dust ingress protection | water spray from any direction |
| IP65 | = | Total dust ingress protection | low pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP66 | = | Total dust ingress protection | high pressure water jets from any direction |
| IP67 | = | Total dust ingress protection | immersion between 15cm and 1m depth |
| IP68 | = | Total dust ingress protection | long term immersion to a specified pressure |
| IP69K | = | Total dust ingress protection | steam jet cleaning |
Site Last Updated: 04/02/12
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