scope:

This Standards Publication covers enclosures for electrical equipment rated at not more than 1000 volts. It provides descriptions, features, and test criteria for hazardous (classified) and nonhazardous location enclosures. Definitions are given for general terms and specifically for each enclosure type. Descriptions are given of the more common types of enclosures used by the electrical industry to provide protection to personnel against incidental contact with the enclosed equipment and to provide protection to the enclosed equipment against specific environmental conditions.

This Standards Publication does not cover: enclosures for rotating apparatus; the pro- tection of devices against conditions such as condensation, icing, corrosion, or contamination which may occur within the enclosure or enters via the conduit or unsealed openings, or; means to prevent attempted entry or operation by unauthorized personnel. This standards publication does not cover requirements for wire and cable.