18 Way Consumer Unit, Distribution Protection Box, IP65 Electrical Enclosure, Waterproof Transparent Window Consumer Unit, Consumer Circuit Breaker Box

Works well and good value for money.

Great seller, promptly delivered. Nice product, unfortunately found a few issues with product. As I was away for work it was a long time before I opened it. I found the following issues so just check your item before you start using it. The problems i found were 1) the hinge on the clear plastic door was broken when I received it. Still usable but pain it falling off when ever you open it. 2) few scrap marks on cover 3)seems to be missing all the screws to fix top to bottom and also hanging screws, wall plugs and rubber grommet covers. Hay you live and learn next time not to get orders while away.

I needed an outdoor electrical enclosure which would be sheltered and not experience direct rain nor sun, and for £20 for an eighteen way box, this is hard to beat.There have been a lot of cost cutting measures however. The seals are not substantial. Plastic tabs hold the screen shut, and clearly wouldn't take much opening and shutting before the seal would not be firm. Mine don't have the manufacturing defect others reported with one of the tabs not being firm enough to make a good seal. The two halves are held together using self tapping screws rather than the plastic screws you get in slightly more expensive units. From inspection, it in theory could be IP65, I will have conduit going into mine so I'll get condensation ingress anyway, so it just needs to be mostly waterproof as I'll need to drill drain holes at the bottom.The plastic is not as thick as slightly more expensive units, but I've seen much worse. It wouldn't be wise to leave it in direct sunshine for years, you need thicker ABS for that (mine is under an outdoor roof). For the money, it's good, especially if you have spare earth blocks to hand as this unit doesn't come with one.

The lid hinges are a little bit weak - but bearing in mind the price I don't expect mega durability, this would not normally be an issue but the application I used it for means the lid is opened regularly and one of the hinges broke after what was probably a hundred or more openings - more than would typically be expected for the unit.Whereas I am not here to give advice on how you wish to use this product, bear in mind that in the UK the wiring regulations no longer allow plastic enclosures for switchgear in domestic premises.

This box is ok as a din rail box for £10 but to list it as a consumer unit is a massive stretch there is no earth bar and no neutral bar so cannot be used as such

Great Product and Value for Money

I bought this water proof housing box hoping I would be able to fit a solar controller inside leaving the recommended air flow gaps it turned out perfect after a little alteration inside 😁 luckily I picked the right size first time 🤣

Good budget unit but only thing we though would be in was earth terminal but we took fromOld unit and fixed in this box so overall a good budget unit