The Siemens 5UB1465 combines increased touch protection with a silver finish — the VDE 0620 safety upgrade of the 5UB1405 in the metallic colorway of the 5UB146x silver range. It fills the niche where public-building safety requirements overlap with the EDV/IT circuit color convention.

Increased touch protection + silver — when do you need both?

The increased touch protection (recessed contacts, tighter apertures) satisfies VDE 0620 for areas accessible to untrained users — schools, clinics, public lobbies. The silver finish conventionally signals an EDV/IT dedicated circuit in German installation practice. The overlap scenario is an IT training room, a public computer lab, or a hospital IT workstation — a publicly accessible space where the outlets serve data-processing equipment on a dedicated IT network and must meet the higher touch-protection standard. The 5UB1465 is the single PN that satisfies both constraints without requiring a separate color-coding frame or a snap-on cover.

How does it compare to the white 5UB1405?

The socket internals — recessed contact carrier, screwless plug-in terminals, 10/16A and 250V rating, 65x65mm plate — are identical to the 5UB1405. The only difference is the silver metallic cover plate. If the project specifies increased touch protection but does not require the silver EDV convention, the white 5UB1405 is the more readily available choice.