Degrees of Protection By Enclosures of Electrical Equipment ( I P ) .

Ref : IS 12063 Second digit : First digit: Protection Significance of the Digits / Description of against contact and foreign Protection against Protection bodies Water Code Digit Code Digit 0 0 No Protection Protection against solid bodies greater 1 than 50 mm Protection against dripping 1 Water(vertically falling drops) Protection against solid bodies greater 2 than 12 mm Protection against dripping Water when 0 tilted up to 15 (Vertically dripping water 2 shall have no harmful effect when the enclosure is tilted at any angle up to 15ofrom its normal position) Protection against solid bodies greater 3 than 2.5 mm Protection against Spraying Water( Water falling as a spray at an angle of 60o from the vertical shall have no harmful effects) Protection against solid bodies greater than 1.0 mm Protection against Splashing Water( Wate splashed against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effect) Dust Protection Protection against Water jets(water projected against the enclosure by a nozzle in any direction shall have no harmful effects) Dust Tight Protection against Heavy SeasWater from heavy seas or water projected with powerful jets shall have no harmful effects) Protection against the effects of submersion Protection against the effects of Immersion Heavy Seas 5 3

5 6 6

7 8

Explanatory Note : I P 54 means : The Enclosure for the Electrical Equipment Provides Protection against Dust (First Digit 5) and Protection against splashing water (Second Digit 4). Dust Protection means ingress of dust is not totally Prevented but Dust does not enter in sufficient quantity to interfere with satisfactory operation of the equipment