| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |