Abstract: A cabinet housing electronic equipment which utilizes a door mounted to hydraulic lifts and a door stay to keep the door from closing if the lifts fail. Special troughs are also provided to protect craftspeople during a rainstorm and to keep water from electronic equipment and areas where it might cause the door to freeze shut.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cabinet for containing and holding telecommunications apparatus coupled to telephone field cables. The cabinet includes a cabinet housing, at least one cable entrance port through the cabinet housing to allow cables to enter the cabinet and a cable entrance seal positionable around the cable and securable to the cabinet housing for sealing all openings between the cable and periphery of the cable entrance port. In particular, the cable entrance seal is a rigid collar capable of supporting a moisture-blocking material snugly around the cable positioned therein and is attachable to the cabinet by a twist and lock securing means. Furthermore, the rigid collar may be bifurcated into two sections to facilitate positioning of the collar around a cable when the cable has no free-ends available for the collar to be slid over.