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Review on 🌦️ Weather-Resistant Electrical Transformers: SOCKiTBOX by Mark Bearden

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent construction and weather protection. They are designed for the same purpose and do it well.

I bought several of these boxes for our Christmas light show. They're well built with thick plastic, snap-on hinges, flexible moldings on the intakes, and a lip to minimize the amount of water entering the intakes. Our outdoor socket has a GFCI switch that will trip repeatedly with our light indicator in inclement weather. Ordinary downspouts don't seem to be able to hold enough water when it rains, causing us to turn off all the lights. These sockit boxes are a huge improvement and I don't see how water can get into sockets now. If you also have problems with Christmas lights and a GFCI switch, check out this product: Tower Manufacturing 30439005 3-wire GFCI socket. Adapter, yellow I use this in combination with socket boxes to contain and isolate weather-related failures. I've included photos of large and medium boxes nested together and a tape measure for reference. Since I have both sizes I would recommend just spending the extra $3 per box and getting the larger ones. This gives you more room to tilt your plugs and adapters to allow the cable to pass through the input port without pulling.

Pros
  • Electric
Cons
  • thin