Do they make Outdoor GFI outlets

Actually I hung a bird house above the outlet on that pole. I planned to just attach a piece of wood, until I got the idea to use the bird house, which needed a place to go anyhow. The bird house diverted the water away from the outlet box.

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leave cords plugged in, even if it's raining (the cover stays closed and the cord comes out the bottom of the box.

I wish they made those "bubble covers" out of metal. I've seen those plastic ones and I bet they dont last long when exposed to hot sun, ice, snow, and other weather extremes. Of course these days, everything is plastic....

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homeowner

They do:

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There are probably others but I didn't spend much time looking.

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Dean Hoffman

Electrically conductive safety outlet cover? Just doesn't seem right, y'know?

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They do:

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There are probably others but I didn't spend much time looking.

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Stormin Mormon

It might have a separate screw for grounding. I don't know if the four attachment screws are considered adequate.

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Dean Hoffman

Come on now...... Metal boxes have been used for electrical stuff for ages as well as metal cover plates on sheds, garages, industrial, etc. That's what the ground wires are for, and I'm sure the cover is connected to ground somehow, knowing how the NEC operates. Even switches have ground screws now, and I really dont know what good they do.

Not to mention that many outdoor boxes are still metal, unlike those blue plastic boxes they use indoors for almost all new wiring now.

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homeowner

Hey, that looks like the ticket.... Thanks!

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homeowner

There are different plastics used. 10 years is what I've gotten out of my Polycarbonate (Lexan) "bubble covers" They've yellowed a bit, but the strength remains fine. Polycarbonate is what's used for street light refractors too.

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That's not bad at all. But it depends on how extreme your weather is. In my part of the country, the winters are brutal, and last summer proved to test everyone's extremes with heat.

Is that the same plastic used for some car headlights too? That stuff seems to hold up well, but gets foggy, causing the light output to dininish after years.

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homeowner

Yes. Polycarbonate is a tough plastic. You can pound it with a sledge hammer and it won't break; but it does yellow due to UV exposure over time. There are UV-stabilized versions that will slow down the process and, for headlight lenses, kits that will renew the surface.

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I don't think car headlight covers get foggy so much as scratched up from debris hitting it at 70 mph...

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missingchild

debris hitting it at 70 mph...

Right. That's why he said there are "kits that will renew the surface".

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krw

Thus the passage of time isn't what ruins them, so making an outlet cover out of this isn't a problem.

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missingchild

of this isn't a problem.

Becoming opaque isn't a problem for an outlet cover, is it?

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