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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 314551" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>I'm not entirely sure ANY outside socket really CAN have an IP66 rating.</p><p></p><p>It's the "water jets from ANY direction" bit that bothers me.</p><p></p><p>A 13A socket is only of any use if you can plug a 13A plug into it. So it must have an opening lid.</p><p></p><p>I'm guessing that the supposedly IP66 one, is a type that allows you to shut the lid while a plug is plugged in.</p><p></p><p>But you still have the flex exiting a hole between the lid and the body, hopefully "sealed" by some form of soft rubber seal that closes around the cable.</p><p></p><p>Now, if you think that socket is going to be okay lying on it's back, then you are putting 100% trust in that seal actually keeping the water out for good and not letting ANY in, to run into the socket pins.</p><p></p><p>Fine when it's mounted upright, but I would say no to lying it on it's back. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 314551, member: 6969"] I'm not entirely sure ANY outside socket really CAN have an IP66 rating. It's the "water jets from ANY direction" bit that bothers me. A 13A socket is only of any use if you can plug a 13A plug into it. So it must have an opening lid. I'm guessing that the supposedly IP66 one, is a type that allows you to shut the lid while a plug is plugged in. But you still have the flex exiting a hole between the lid and the body, hopefully "sealed" by some form of soft rubber seal that closes around the cable. Now, if you think that socket is going to be okay lying on it's back, then you are putting 100% trust in that seal actually keeping the water out for good and not letting ANY in, to run into the socket pins. Fine when it's mounted upright, but I would say no to lying it on it's back. [/QUOTE]
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