[RE-wrenches] Midnite Powerflo16 Enclosure Rust Issues

[Jason Szumlanski]

We have five PF16 installed outdoors at a home. It has been only 2 weeks
and I'm seeing rust forming around some cover screws (both the top cover
and front cover). The brackets are also showing some rust spots, and under
the rims of the top cover I'm seeing rust spots that look like they are
from small metal shavings. We also found minor rust around a prepunched
knockout immediately after removing the protective plastic cap.

This all happened after they had been mounted outdoors for two weeks, but
no conduit had been installed yet and the top covers hadn't even been
opened once.

Is anyone else seeing these issues? I'm pretty concerned that my customer
won't accept this early defect, and I have lots of outdoor installations
planned for other customers.

P.S. This is not a coastal location (although all of Florida is kind of
coastal). Regardless, it's IP65 and should withstand a typical outdoor
installation.


Jason Szumlanski
Florida Solar Design Group
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