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Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures

To: Jim Miller KG0KP <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:36:42 -0400
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Jim Miller KG0KP wrote:
> Home Depot has them in varying sizes in the electrical department and they 
> are heavy and waterproof (and not cheap). 
They are a whale of a lot cheaper than the NEMA enclosures with the 
gasketed door and don't have to be painted.

73

Roger (K8RI)
>  Bought one to use for my entrance 
> panel housing my bulkhead and lightning arresters on the outside of the 
> house.  Being built now.
>
> 73, de Jim KG0KP
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "K1TTT" <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures
>
>
>   
>> They are probably like the cheap plastic trash cans I have used as covers, 
>> a
>> year or so and they turn brittle, one touch and they fall apart.
>>
>>
>> David Robbins K1TTT
>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
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>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Robert West [mailto:robert.west@eatmoresoap.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 22:18
>>> To: GlagowskiT@acm.org; towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures
>>>
>>> What about a UV rating for those?  Have you used any of them in sunlight
>>> for
>>> an extended period of time?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Terry G. Glagowski
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:05 AM
>>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures
>>>
>>> There's and even MORE cost effective solution... available at WALMART,
>>> etc...
>>> Consider using the plastic boxes intended for storage of clothes, other
>>> items,
>>> under the bed (sort of like Tupperware).
>>> As long as they have a top that CLIPS / CLAMPS on so the wind can't blow
>>> it
>>> off,
>>> they work fine for covers to COAX junction boxes outside, etc, at a cost
>>> of
>>> under $10 !!!
>>> Terry / W1TR
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:47:39 -0400
>>> From: "Robert West" <robert.west@eatmoresoap.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures
>>> To: "'Dan Zimmerman N3OX'" <n3ox@n3ox.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
>>> Message-ID: <004f01ca1a04$2ee10290$8ca307b0$@west@eatmoresoap.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> I've been using the very same boxes from Home Depot.  The 12x12x6 
>>> versions
>>> are
>>> 40 bucks around here and are darn tough.
>>>
>>> Bob-
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dan Zimmerman N3OX
>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 2:30 PM
>>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] weatherproof plastic enclosures
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Does anyone know who makes the NEMA-4 sealed plastic enclosures that
>>>> Array Solutions uses for their baluns?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> They look like PVC junction boxes to me.  The onese I have are made by
>>> Carlon
>>> and came from Home Depot:
>>>
>>> http://www.carlon.com/Master%20Catalog/Junction_Boxes_Brochure.pdf
>>>
>>> http://n3ox.net/projects/stepperswitch/switchbox_ext_lg.JPG
>>>
>>> I think another company makes the ones for Array Solutions.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
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