Paul,
I will certainly second Jeff's recommendation. Those gray plastic junction boxes are made for outdoor use and are heavy-duty construction. They come in various sizes with the cover equipped with a flexible gasket. I get mine from Lowes, but don't recall the manufacturer. Of course I substituted stainless steel screws for the zinc-plated ones supplied. The biggest I found measures 12" x 12" x 6" and that will be used to neatly contain my DX Engineering radial connection plate and a vacuum variable capacitor. I have yet to work out exactly how I will bring the coax feedline and the 12 and 14-gauge radial wires (numbering 55, worth 1.25 miles, so far) through the box's walls 73, Charles, W2SH > Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:52:19 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Weatherproof enclosures? > > Paul, > > Lately I've become quite fond of weather-tight electrical handy-boxes as > enclosures for beverage hardware. They can be found in the electrical > supplies > sections of Home Depot or Lowes for ~$6 or so. The smallest enclosures are > about 4x4" by 2" deep and feature a gasket seal and screw-on cover. The > plastic > housing is easy to drill for fittings. > > Home Depot carries Carlon, similar to these: > http://www.carlonsales.com/himelineheseries.php > > My favorites are Kraloy brand, found at a midwest home-improvement chain > called > Menards. They use brass machine screws and threaded inserts for the covers. > > > http://www.kraloyfittings.com/Content/Products/Product.aspx?ProductId=39 > > Part number JB442 is the 4x4x2 version. > > -Jeff > W0ODS > Cedar Rapids, IA > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Paul Staupe <[email protected]> > To: topband <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, April 23, 2011 7:45:50 AM > Subject: Topband: Weatherproof enclosures? > > I've put up several Beverages this Spring and am looking for suitable > weatherproof UV resistant plastic enclosures to mount the feed and > termination hardware. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Best regards, > > Paul W0AD > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
