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Orbit 57095 — Outdoor Cabinet with GFCI for Indoor Sprinkler Controllers
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Orbit 57095 — Outdoor Cabinet with GFCI for Indoor Sprinkler Controllers

4.6(597 reviews)

$38.74reference price

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Best for

Weatherproofing a WiFi irrigation controller labeled 'indoor installation only' (like this catalog's Rachio 3) when there's no garage or indoor wall near the valves, while adding a GFCI outlet to the electrical install.

  • Outdoor cabinet
  • Built-in GFCI
  • For indoor controllers

What is it and what's it for?

It's a weather-resistant wall cabinet with a safety GFCI outlet already built in: it turns the outside wall of your house into a safe spot to install a controller the manufacturer designed for indoor use only, shielding it from rain and sun the same way a case protects a phone that isn't waterproof on its own.

Real-world use cases

At home

You have the Rachio 3 (or any other 'indoor' controller from this catalog) and the only wall near the valves is the outside of the house, with no garage nearby — instead of running wire all the way indoors or risking the controller to direct rain, you install it inside this cabinet mounted on that exterior wall.

In a business or workshop

An installer who services homes with no garage near the valves (small lots, row houses) standardizes on this generic cabinet as part of the install kit for whatever 'indoor' controller the customer already owns or is buying, instead of quoting a different brand-specific enclosure for each customer's model.

How to avoid buying the wrong one

  • Confirm your controller fits the interior space (10-3/4" x 9-1/4" x 3-1/4") before buying — most residential wall controllers fit, but measure yours if it has a large housing of its own.
  • You'll need to wire the GFCI outlet to an existing 120V circuit — the cabinet doesn't ship with power wiring already run, so budget for that labor if you won't be doing it yourself.
  • It doesn't replace the factory weatherproofing a controller built for outdoor use already has (like this catalog's Orbit B-hyve) — it's for the opposite case: protecting one the manufacturer itself says is indoor-only.

The investment takeaway

Compared to the brand's own enclosure (for Rachio, running $32-$70 depending on the listing, and without a GFCI outlet included in most versions), this generic Orbit cabinet costs less, adds the ground-fault-protected outlet electrical code requires near water, and works with controllers from several different brands instead of just one. For anyone installing more than one controller over time, not being locked into a brand-specific enclosure is the difference between buying a one-project part and buying a reusable one.

Orbit 57095 — Outdoor Cabinet with GFCI for Indoor Sprinkler Controllers

$38.74reference price

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Field glossary

Terms you'll hear about this equipment

So you can use the right vocabulary with a customer, a supplier, or a manual.

GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) — GFCI — Disyuntor diferencial
Corta la corriente apenas detecta que parte de ella se está yendo por un camino que no debería (como a través de una persona), protegiendo contra descargas.

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