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https://www.iec.ch/ip-ratings: "The IEC has developed the ingress protection (IP) ratings, which grade the resistance of an enclosure against the intrusion of dust or liquids." <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2A00:23C6:E726:BD01:68AC:AF40:C401:F241|2A00:23C6:E726:BD01:68AC:AF40:C401:F241]] ([[User talk:2A00:23C6:E726:BD01:68AC:AF40:C401:F241#top|talk]]) 21:56, 17 May 2021 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:BS EN 60529 (and therefore presumably IEC 60529) actually does state "International Protection" on the one page that actually mentions the name at all (the cover only says "IP Code").

== 60529 ==

:I don't have a copy of the standard but here is a YouTube video about it:

:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfoxol20Mvk

:[[User:Uncriticalsimon|Uncriticalsimon]] ([[User talk:Uncriticalsimon|talk]]) 19:59, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

== History of the abbreviation (International Protection, Ingress Protection or Ingress, Pénétration) ==

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Does IP stand for International Protection, Ingress Protection or something else? There is a quite good small article on this question on the FAQ page of Finnish national committee of IEC (SESKO):

== 60529 ==

https://sesko.fi/yhteystiedot/usein-kysytyt-kysymykset/

https://www.classy.org/give/313412/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=website&c_src2=Deed-Top

I'll translate it here for you:

According to the corresponding standard (IEC 60529), the correct answer is International Protection. The final truth would require a historical study of the 1970s.

Everyone working in the electrical industry knows the enclosure class, or IP class, of electrical equipment, but where does the abbreviation come from? According to some sources, it means Ingress Protection (loosely translated in Finnish, protection from intrusion) and according to some, it means International Protection. Both are reasonable suggestions: after all, the IP class tells how well the product is protected against the ingress of water and foreign objects. On the other hand, the classification is international and it originated from the international IEC standard. But which is the "correct" answer?

According to the appropriate standard, the correct answer is International Protection. This can be found in the current standard (IEC 60529, last updated 2013) on page 12. Looking back at the versions of the standard, the same definition can be found in both the 1999 and 1989 versions.

Then things go complex: in the very first edition of the standard – from 1976 – the meaning of the letters is not explained in any way, but the letters are used as they are. The English text does mention the word "ingress" and the French one mentions "pénétration" (translator's note: the IEC standards are bilingual: English and French) - is the code perhaps a combination of these words? The people who participated in the preparation of the original standard are already retired or deceased, so it is difficult to clarify the issue clearly.

The most confusing thing is that, although according to the official IEC standard the correct answer is International Protection, on the IEC [https://www.iec.ch/ip-ratings website] it says (checked on 23.8.2021) Ingress Protection... [[Special:Contributions/93.106.155.113|93.106.155.113]] ([[User talk:93.106.155.113|talk]]) 16:47, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

== US English? ==

Given that it's an international standard, originating in Europe, is there a reason it talks about "meters" rather than "metres" when talking about, for example, depth? [[User:Lovingboth|Lovingboth]] ([[User talk:Lovingboth|talk]]) 18:55, 12 March 2025 (UTC)