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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: Duck69 on March 25, 2009, 11:07:15 PM

Title: Rain8 Enclosure
Post by: Duck69 on March 25, 2009, 11:07:15 PM

Rain8 homemade enclosure for 1/3 the cost of the Weather-Proof Enclosure SPECIAL NOW JUST ($89.99)  :o @ http://www.tmanufacturing.com

Here is what you need to build your own:
1 Load Center 8¼H x 5½W x 4¼D
2 Shallow outlet boxes
2 couplers
2 Outlets
Some Velcro
For less than $30.
You'll have a professional looking enclosure and the satisfaction of building it.

Besides the WAF is very high.

Title: Re: Rain8 Enclosure
Post by: dave w on March 26, 2009, 12:05:34 PM

Nice construction.

Title: Re: Rain8 Enclosure
Post by: Brian H on March 26, 2009, 04:25:18 PM

Thanks for sharing this useful construction project. I am sure others will find it just what they need.

Title: Re: Rain8 Enclosure
Post by: Brandt on July 14, 2010, 02:18:56 PM

Why are these weatherproof enclosures so expensive?

Title: Re: Rain8 Enclosure
Post by: pconroy on July 14, 2010, 04:57:47 PM

Ya know - I mounted a second, small sprinkler controller outside to control some drip irrigation.
I just slid a Ziplock baggie over the unit.   :)