2nd
Digit |
Protection |
Explanation |
0 |
No protection |
-
|
1 |
Protection against water
dripping vertically

|
Water drops falling vertically must not have any harmful
effect.
|
2 |
Protection against water
dripping up to 15°

|
Water drops falling at any angle up to 15° from vertical
must not have any harmful effect.
|
3 |
Protection against spray
water 
|
Water hitting the object at any angle up to 60° from
vertical must not have any harmful effect.
|
4 |
Protection against splash
water

|
Water splashing against the object from all directions
must not have any harmful effect.
|
5 |
Protection against jet
water

|
A jet of water nozzeled against the object from all directions
must not have any harmful effect.
|
6 |
Protection against
flooding

|
Water of temporary flooding, as in heavy seas, must not
enter the object in any harmful quantity.
|
| 7
|
Protection against dipped
state

|
If the object is dipped into water (150mm to 1000mm),
under the defined conditions of pressure and time, water
must not enter the object in any harmful quantity.
|
| 8
|
Protection during
submerged state

|
If the object is submerged in water under defined extreme
conditions, water must not enter the object in any
harmful quantity.
|