Minimum IP rating for wall mounted external industrial socket?

[SSE]

What is the Minimum IP rating for wall mounted external industrial socket? It's to be outside & only used for plugging in a generator that will give house temporary power through a changeover switch in the case of power cuts.

 

[telectrix]

IP rating would depend on what it may be subject to, esp. water. usually IP55 is suitable fo an outside socket.

 

[HandySparks]

...wall mounted external industrial socket? ... used for plugging in a generator ...

Might be safer using a wall mounted plug.

 

[Dannyg8810]

As handy sparks has said don’t want to be having power on the side with pins

 

[Deleted member 26818]

The minimum liquid IP rating for external use is IPX2.