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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 Panel PC mounted on the cabinet face or in an outdoor kiosk: the display is exposed directly to sun and rain. On top of the heat tolerance a box PC needs, it must also stay READABLE in sunlight and keep water out at the front — those two display criteria are what eliminate the most machines.

All Panel PCs in stock 727models
Sunlight-readable display — 1000 nits or more. An indoor 250–500-nit display becomes a black mirror in the sun: the backlight loses to the sunlight hitting it. The standard for outdoor displays is a brightness of 1000 nits and up (sunlight readable). In our stock only Cincoze’s CS series reaches that level (1000–1800 nits) — the CV series at 300–500 nits only suits indoor mounting.

7 Panel PC series meet all the conditions

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  • The IP rating on the machine covers the FRONT FACE only. The rear and the connectors must still sit inside a cabinet or a sealed kiosk shell — no Panel PC can hang bare in the open.
  • A 1000-nit display generates significant heat of its own, and the backlight ages fast under prolonged direct sun. A canopy or a mounting direction that avoids direct sun makes the machine last noticeably longer — describe the mounting direction when you talk to our engineers.
  • Rainwater sitting on the glass can make capacitive touch register phantom input. If the machine sits where rain strikes directly, describe it clearly so our engineers pick the right touch variant.

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