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For protection class, we mean the intrinsic ability of live
electrical equipment to protect and to protect itself against casual
contatcts and penetration of solid particles and water. It is defined with
the abbreviation “I.P.” followed by 2 figures: the first, 0 to 6, defines
the protection against casual contacts and penetration of foreign particles;
the second, 0 to 8, the protection against water. The tables shown below
describe the various degrees. |