Akuvox E16C Rain Cover

The E16C is a touchscreen door phone that opens doors by face, so what reaches its front matters more than on a plain button panel. This black hood is the rain cover Akuvox lists for it: a metal shelter that fits around the unit with a projecting top over the screen and the two cameras.

Akuvox's own installation guide warns against direct sunlight and strong backlight, saying high temperature can damage the device, and the E16C is rated to +55 °C. In Kuwait the air passes that in summer, and a dark panel in full sun gets hotter still. Shade from above keeps the screen readable, cuts glare on the camera and takes the worst of the heat off the front.

The cover suits an E16C at a gate, a building entrance or any door without a canopy. Under a deep porch or indoors, the door phone does not need it.