International Standards

International Standards Agencies 1st Protection from

Argentina Germany Mexico South Africa Digit Solid Objects
0 No Protection
Australia Hungary Netherlands Spain
1 Protected against solid objects
Austria India New Zealand Sweden greater than 50 mm

Belgium Indonesia Norway Switzerland

2 Protected against solid objects
greater than 12 mm
Canada Iran Pakistan United Kingdom

Denmark Ireland Poland Protected against solid objects

United States 3 greater than 2.5 mm
Egypt Israel Portugal

Finland Italy Romania Venezuela Protected against solid objects
4 greater than 1.0 mm
France Japan Singapore Yugoslavia

5 Dust Protected
International Power Plugs IP Codes
and Sockets (Ingress Protection)
Continental IEC 529 outlines an international
Europe classification system for the sealing 6 Dust Tight
effectiveness of enclosures of
electrical equipment against the
Europlug intrusion into the equipment of
(ungrounded) foreign bodies (i.e., tools, dust,
fingers) and moisture. This 2nd Protection from
Australia
classification system utilises the Digit Moisture
letters IP (Ingress Protection)
followed by two digits. An X is used 0 No Protection
Australia for one of the digits if there is only
(ungrounded) one class of protection; i.e., IPX4, 1 Protected against vertically
which addressed moisture dripping water
resistance only.
United
Kingdom Degrees of Protection
First Digit 2 Protected against
The first digit of the IP code dripping water when
Denmark tilted up to 15
indicates the degree that persons
are protected against contact with
France
moving parts (other than rotating 3 Protected against
shafts, etc.) and the degree that spraying water @ up to
equipment is protected against solid 60 from vertical
India bodies intruding into a enclosure.

Degrees of Protection 4 Protected against

Second Digit splashing water
Israel from all directions
The second digit indicates the
degree of protection of the
Italy equipment inside the enclosure 5 Protected against
against the harmful entry of various water jets
forms of moisture (e.g., dripping,
Japan spraying, submersion, etc.).
6 Protected against
heavy seas & streaming
water
North
America 7 Protected against
effects of short-term
immersion

Switzerland
8 Protected against
5 submersion
IEC 906-1 18.5

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