Tripp Lite SRW10US Wall Mount Rack Enclosure Review

The cabinet holds gear securely and lets you get at the back of it later.

Build and assembly

The SRW10US ships fully assembled and wall-mount ready. The body is welded heavy-duty steel with a black powder-coated finish, so there is nothing to bolt together before it goes on the wall. Buyers on Amazon most often praise the quality and the construction, and the welded one-piece body is the part they single out.

Rear access

The hinged back lets the cabinet swing away from its wall bracket, which opens the rear of the equipment and the cabling to you. Buyers on Amazon rate accessibility among the strengths, and one customer notes that the cabinet can be opened from the front and the back, and from each side as well.

True four-post rails

Inside the enclosure sit four vertical mounting rails, not the two-post bracket of a simple wall rack.

Flexible mounting holes

The rails come with square holes or 12-24 threaded holes, so the cage nuts and screws you already own have a good chance of fitting. Rack spaces are numbered to speed up placement.

Security

The front door locks and the removable side panels lock, and two keys come in the box. That turns a wall cabinet into an enclosed, lockable box rather than an open frame anyone can reach into.

Ventilation

The front door, the top, the bottom and the removable side panels are vented, so air moves through the cabinet without extra hardware.

Reversible door

The cabinet can be rotated before it goes on the wall, so the door opens to the left or the right to suit the space you have.

Capacity and warranty

Ten rack units and a 200 lb maximum weight capacity cover a typical switch, patch panel and UPS loadout with room to spare. The warranty runs 5 years.

Mobile option

The cabinet is compatible with the optional SRCASTER rolling caster kit, which turns it into a mobile rack when a fixed wall position stops working for you.

The trade-offs are the ones a switch-depth wall cabinet always carries, and the depth is the one that causes the most disappointment when it is missed.

Depth is the big one

Maximum equipment depth is 20.5 in, measured rail to rail. Leave room behind each device for cabling and plugs before you compare your gear to that figure. Standard full-depth rack servers will not fit. Shallow servers, network gear, patch panels and short-depth UPS units will.

It hangs on the wall

Everything rests on the wall and on the mounting step, so plan solid wall anchoring and a two-person lift. The cabinet is a heavy steel box, and the wall has to carry the load plus the cabinet itself.

The internal space is fixed

You work within 10U and the depth above, and there is no expanding either later. Measure the gear you plan to add over the next couple of years, not just what goes in on day one.

Accessories are separate

Shelves, the caster kit and a roof fan kit are optional extras. The box holds the mounting screws, cage nuts, washers, two keys and the manual.

Indoor cabinet

This is a vented steel enclosure for a dry indoor space. It is not a sealed outdoor or washdown cabinet, so a damp garage or an unconditioned shed is the wrong home for it.

The depth figure is the one to read carefully. Measure the deepest device you plan to install, then add the clearance its cables and connectors need behind it, and only then compare the total to 20.5 in. A device that measures close to the limit on paper can still leave no room for a power cord with a right-angle plug or a bundle of patch cords.

The SRW10USG is the same 10U, 20.5-inch-deep hinged wall cabinet with an acrylic glass window in the front door instead of a solid one. Choose the SRW10USG if you want to read indicator lights without opening the door, and the SRW10US if a plain solid front matters more.