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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