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dd, you said explicitly what I had assumed but didn't say: even if you were going to put the relays in the depot, you'd still want them in the case. So the cost actually goes up, because the cable runs get longer, plus, you have the fun of wrestling the case into the depot -- get ready to saw a hole in the roof so you can drop it in, and hope the floor will hold the weight! So the only advantage, if it even is one, is that the maintainer is inside protected from the elements on the infrequent occasion that maintenance is needed. <br /> <br />Frankly, from a maintainer's point of view, I'd much rather have it outside for my own convenience. I can get to it any time I want instead of having to arm-wrestle an agent to let me in to his precious depot, I can drive my truck with my tools and supplies right up to it, and the lighting so I can see what I am doing will almost always be better outside than in that dark depot. I don't have to walk back and forth carrying things, and when I drop the stick on a relay I can see the actual results, rather than have someone standing outside trying to tell me what's going on by yelling (through a brick wall!). And I am going to be outside much of the day anyway. All in all -- a really bad idea. <br /> <br />Good question, WIAR -- it reconfirmed to me that sometimes we really are doing it right, after all. <br /> <br />OS
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