Rain discipline
- No direct rain path onto the unit. Canopy, eave or overhang — even for IP66. The ideal location keeps rain and snow from landing on it at all.
- Water travels down cables. Every bottom entry gets a drip loop; conduits are sealed at the top — the full method is on Glands & Water Tracking.
- After the first big rain of the season, a quick visual on gaskets, glands and any water staining catches problems while they are still cosmetic.
Dust routine
Dust does not need to enter the enclosure to hurt you — a caked heatsink loses its cooling long before IP matters.
Schedule the clean before summer — pre-heat, not post-failure.
Timing installs around weather
- Do not leave a wiring compartment open in threatening weather; if rain starts mid-job, seal and stop.
- Battery packs stage indoors until the moment of mounting; storage rules (SOC and temperature) are on the battery pages.
Common mistakes
- Compressed air at point-blank range driving dust into gasket seams — soft brush first, air at a distance if at all.
- “The overhang mostly covers it” — mostly is a monsoon leak with a schedule.
- Cleaning the display with thinner — solvents are explicitly banned on Kent G3.