Code Electric Products manufactures to the following Canadian Standards Association ratings:
Type 1 – General Purpose – Indoor: Protects against accidental contact with live parts.
Type 3 – Dust tight, Rain tight, Sleet resistant – Outdoor: An enclosures for either indoor or outdoor use, constructed to provide a degree of protection against rain, snow and wind-blown dust; undamaged by the external formation of ice on the enclosure.
Type 3R – Rainproof, Sleet resistant – Outdoor: An enclosure for either indoor or outdoor use, constructed to provide a degree of protection against rain and snow undamaged by the external formation of ice on the enclosure.
Type 4 – Watertight, Dust tight – Indoor & Outdoor: An enclosure for either indoor or outdoor use, constructed to provide a degree of protection against rain, snow, wind-blown dust, splashing and hose directed water; undamaged by the external formation of ice on the enclosure.
Type 4x – Watertight, Dust tight – Indoor & Outdoor: Type 4X enclosures have the same provisions as Type 4, in addition to being corrosion resistant.