British weatherproof socket with clever design. (bonus rant)

In the past, outdoor electrical stuff involved either waterproof connectors or sheltered sockets. With the increasing amount of outdoor electrical stuff this style of weatherproof socket has become very common. Although intended for walls of buildings I've seen them used on lamp posts for Christmas lighting as an alternative to the traditional blue Ceeform connectors.
They allow the use of an ordinary non-waterproof plug for an outdoor application by shrouding it and its cable completely inside an enclosure with a sealed lid.
The first ones were quite expensive and used weird gels to make the seal, but this more recent model uses a clever multi layer cable seal with closed, small and large hole seals that adapt to the cable diameter or just block the hole completely if there is no cable.

One of the things I dislike about reading the guides for installation components is the repeated reminder of a racket that was passed off as being for electrical safety. Hence why I had a slight rant while making this video. I disapprove of protection rackets and firmly believe that people have a right to do electrical work in their own homes. The resultant cash-for-approval system and its shallow crash-training seems to put more emphasis on filling out paperwork than it does on proper electrical theory. A very high percentage of modern "electricians" are suffering badly from the Dunning Kruger effect where their confidence is inversely proportional to their skills.

But anyway. It's a nicely designed socket. I wonder how the different brands deal with the real life wear and tear of regular use in all seasons.

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