Degrees of protection

The EN 60529 standard covers the protection of electrical equipment by means of housings, covers or equivalent, and includes:

• Protection of persons against accidental contact with live or moving parts within the housing and protection of the equipment against the ingress of solid foreign matter (touch protection and protection against ingress of solid foreign matter)
• Protection of the equipment against the ingress of water (water protection)
• Abbreviations for the internationally agreed degrees of protection

The degrees of protection are specified by abbreviations comprising the code letters IP and two digits.

Cabinet Modules fulfill the criteria for degree of protection IP20 as standard. The other degrees of protection outlined here are available as an option.