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Outdoor electrical cabinets

Electrical cabinets installed outdoors — pump stations, transformer stations, traffic-light poles, container yards. At midday the enclosure soaks up the sun and the air inside typically runs 10–20°C above ambient: 38°C outside easily means 55–60°C inside the cabinet. At night it drops fast, and moisture condenses on the boards.

Industrial computer Sealed inside the cabinet · 18 series · 60 models Panel PC Screen exposed to sun and rain · 7 series · 85 models

A box PC sits sealed inside the cabinet, with no display exposed. What it has to withstand is the heat building up in the cabinet and the power source already available there.

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Rated to at least 60°C. An office PC rated "0–40°C" will throttle and then shut down when the cabinet hits 55°C — usually at the hottest hour, which is exactly when you need it most. The number to look at is the AMBIENT TEMPERATURE around the machine, not the outdoor temperature.

18 Industrial computer series meet all the conditions

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Where people get caught out

Things the filter above does NOT catch. Read before you commit.

  • The temperature range in a datasheet is usually measured with an industrial SSD. Fit a commercial SSD (0–70°C) into a machine rated −40~70°C and the real limit is the SSD’s, not the machine’s.
  • Many machines quote their high temperature rating with a condition like "0.7 m/s airflow". A sealed outdoor cabinet has no such airflow — ask our engineers which case the number applies to.

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