Waterproof SIP Phone

[FN-GM]

Hello,

 

We would like to install a telephone next to the swimming pool in one of our schools. For obvious reasons I want it to be waterproof. Can anyone please suggest any outdoor SIP phones please? We don't need anything fancy just a receiver and buttons.

 

Thanks

[mavhc]

You may want to look at SIP Entry systems, as they're often installed outdoors, we got some Paxton ones and programmed them to dial a sip phone

[FN-GM]

I had a look but they seem to be intercoms we need a receiver and not a load speaker.

 

Thanks

[localzuk]

How waterproof are we talking? IP65 or IP67?

[mavhc]

You want a handset not a loudspeaker and microphone?

[mavhc]

KNSP18_Industrial_telephones_outdoor_waterproof_uk

VoIP & WiFi Phones | Rath Pool-phone.com

 

Or just buy a waterproof smartphone and install a sip client and a usb cable for power, plug in a headset if you want

[mrbios]

I put a normal (cheap) one in our swimming pool area (wall mounted in the corner right next to the fire exit) and it's been working problem free for over 2 years now.

 

Just thought i'd mention it in case you don't find a waterproof option, that they will seem to cope ok with the humidity. Our students are often problematic too, and no one's damaged it.....yet.

[DJ-1701]

How waterproof are we talking? IP65 or IP67?

 

 

I wonder if it makes any difference to how much you want to splash out...

[FN-GM]

Hello,

 

I found a few outdoor waterproof and vandal proof and they are in the region of £500. I emailed a supplier direct in China and they will supply one for $210 plus $50 shipping. I think I will place an order.

 

Thanks

[mavhc]

Hello,

 

I found a few outdoor waterproof and vandal proof and they are in the region of £500. I emailed a supplier direct in China and they will supply one for $210 plus $50 shipping. I think I will place an order.

 

Thanks

 

Nice, if it works let us know who to contact and how to config it

[FN-GM]

I will write something up. Don't want to jump the gun yet incase it goes pear shaped! :-)

[FN-GM]

This is a link to the one in question

 

Vandal Proof Phone / Vandal Resistant Telephone With Volume Control Button For Prison

[Tefters]

Stick a splash proof box on the wall over the phone?

[MatthewL]

Other option could be stick a normal analogue phone in with an ATA back in the comms room? Might find more choice and cheaper to replace handset if needed.

[christhetech]

Other option could be stick a normal analogue phone in with an ATA back in the comms room? Might find more choice and cheaper to replace handset if needed.

 

That's a similar solution to what I implemented a few years ago in some local leisure centres. The analogue phones were really cheap and cheerful Geemarc units, around £15-£20 each. The thinking behind it was if they break, they are cheap enough to replace. Six years later, the original handsets are still going strong and have coped fine with the humid conditions in the swimming areas.

I put the same cheap and cheerful Geemarc handsets in the transport depot at the LA, about a year later, as the digital handsets that they had were failing on a regular basis. I installed the handsets in the workshops, where it gets really oily and dirty, and just like the leisure centres, they are still happily using them without any issues to this day. They were cheap enough for me to even purchase an extra couple of units to leave with the end users to swap out if they should fail. They've still got the extra ones, still boxed and unused.

 

Sometimes, the cheapest and simplest solutions are the best.

[FN-GM]

@Tefters that was the old solution but you can't hear the phone ringing in the box.

@MatthewL Rather than do that I might as well get a VOIP phone than faf with an ATA. But if the phone is at risk of easily breaking. That risk is too high. You don't want a broken phone if someone has drowned or something.

[Tefters]

People calling into the poolside a thing? I would of thought purely outgoing for emergency otherwise go walkie talkie!

[FN-GM]

People calling into the poolside a thing? I would of thought purely outgoing for emergency otherwise go walkie talkie!

 

If reception need to phone to find a student or something they might phone in.

[Edu-IT]

@Tefters that was the old solution but you can't hear the phone ringing in the box.

@MatthewL Rather than do that I might as well get a VOIP phone than faf with an ATA. But if the phone is at risk of easily breaking. That risk is too high. You don't want a broken phone if someone has drowned or something.

Do you have a secondary method of raising the alarm in case the VOIP service is unavailable, for example? Just out of interest given the potential risks with the pool.

[FN-GM]

Do you have a secondary method of raising the alarm in case the VOIP service is unavailable, for example? Just out of interest given the potential risks with the pool.

 

We do.