While I was in Taiwan, I did a bit of research in regards to outdoor solar devices that are built to withstand extreme weather conditions. Taiwan experiences significant rainfall, as well as typhoons, floods, and earthquakes, and since we are designing for heavy flood areas in Africa, I felt this was a good area to do research.
Below is a device that controls the power supply for the surrounding shops. The solar panels on top of the housing powers the back-up battery if there is a power grid failure.
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wow, i never realized what was that for, really interesting.