Ritherdon Online Shop Product Blog — Electrical Enclosures
What lock alternatives are available?
Electrical Enclosures FAQs Locks Meter Box Repair
All Ritherdon Meter Boxes, Meter Box Repairs, Pillars & Cabinets are fitted with 8mm Tri Key Cam Locks as standard. This is a suitable lock and opened with a widely available standardised tri-key for easy access by third party contractors such as meter readers or power network companies. For some applications such as CCTV or Traffic Controls this isn't very secure. So, we can offer lock alternatives on request to regulate access to your equipment. Standard Tri-Key Cam Lock - Comes already fitted as default Lock Alternatives Keyed Cam Lock Keyed camlocks that provide an added...
Why Stainless Steel? & Which Grade Do I Need For My Location?
Applications Electrical Enclosures FAQs Material Meter Box Repair
Ritherdon have been manufacturing various enclosures probably since the 1940's and, up until the 1990's, had only used stainless steel for special circumstances where the extra cost could be justified. However, in the late 1990's, when the cheaper, ferritic stainless known as 3Cr12 was specified as EN1.4003 in Europe, Ritherdon saw its potential as a cost effective and superior material for external enclosures. Traditionally, in the street enclosure market, galvanised mild steel had been used (particularly for feeder pillars): the zinc coating providing a level of protection for the mild steel. More precise manufacturing is required to produce stainless steel...
Electrical Enclosures - What's your application?
Applications Electrical Enclosures
At Ritherdon we're enclosures specialists. We design and manufacture our extensive range of enclosures from our factory in Darwen, Lancashire. Electrical enclosures are used in a wide variety of scenarios. Ritherdon typically supply the highways and roads market with service pillars or feeder pillars. You can find hinged or standard root mounted pillars for your application from the R or RH pillar range. If you require a larger electrical enclosure, we have designed the RB cabinet range with single and double doors. Electrical enclosures can be used in many applications and across a wide variety of industry sectors. After all,...