Outdoor electrical gutter

Abstract

An electrical gutter includes a first side configured as a back side and a second side coupled to the first side at a first corner, and is a bottom side. The gutter includes a third side coupled to the first side at a second corner and a fourth side couplable to the second side and the third side at an edge of the second side and of the third side opposite the first corner and the second corner. The gutter includes an end piece coupled to each of two ends of the sides. Each of the end pieces includes an endcap or joint section. The joint section connects to an additional electrical gutter. The gutter includes two or more weep holes and a liquid channeling system configured to channel liquid to the weep holes. The channeling system includes one or more channels along joints between the sides and end pieces.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electrical gutter comprising:
 a first side configured as a back side;   a second side coupled to the first side at a first corner, the second side configured as a bottom side;   a third side coupled to the first side at a second corner;   a fourth side couplable to the second side and the third side at an edge of the second side and of the third side opposite the first corner and the second corner;   an end piece coupled to each of two ends of the sides, each of the two end pieces comprising one of an endcap and a joint section, the joint section configured to connect to an additional electrical gutter;   two or more weep holes; and   a liquid channeling system configured to channel liquid to the two or more weep holes, the channeling system comprising one or more channels along joints between the sides and the end pieces.   
     
     
         2 . The electrical gutter of  claim 1 , wherein the two or more weep holes are located in the second side, the fourth side, and/or the end pieces. 
     
     
         3 . The electrical gutter of  claim 1 , wherein the fourth side comprises a channel of the one or more channels positioned interior to an exterior side of the fourth side that extends a length of a side of the fourth side couplable to the third side and extending along ends of the fourth side couplable to the end pieces. 
     
     
         4 . The electrical gutter of  claim 1 , wherein each end piece comprises a channel along a seam between the end piece and a side of the first, second, third, and/or fourth sides, the channel of the end piece shaped to direct liquid to a weep hole of the two or more weep holes. 
     
     
         5 . The electrical gutter of  claim 1 , wherein each end piece comprises a channel of the one or more channels of the liquid channeling system, the channel of the end piece comprising a first portion oriented along a joint between the third side and the end piece, wherein the first portion of the channel of the end piece is sloped to direct liquid in the first portion of the channel away from the fourth side and toward the first side. 
     
     
         6 . The electrical gutter of  claim 5 , wherein the end piece further comprises a second portion of the channel of the end piece connected to the first portion, the second portion along a joint between the end piece and the first side. 
     
     
         7 . The electrical gutter of  claim 5 , wherein the end piece is a joint section, wherein the joint section comprises an open side facing the fourth side. 
     
     
         8 . The electrical gutter of  claim 1 , wherein the first side comprises one or more anchor openings each configured for an anchor to connect the first side to a mounting surface, and wherein the liquid channeling system further comprises one or more sealants on an exterior surface of the first side positioned to contact the mounting surface with the anchors securing the first side to the mounting surface, the one or more sealants positioned to direct liquid between the first side and the mounting surface away from the one or more anchor openings. 
     
     
         9 . The electrical gutter of  claim 8 , wherein the mounting surface is vertical, the third side is a top side, and the one or more anchor openings comprise a plurality of anchor openings, wherein at least two of the plurality of anchor openings are spaced horizontally along the first side, and wherein the one or more sealants comprise:
 a sealant comprising a first portion spanning horizontally above the plurality of anchor openings and second and third portions extending downward at ends of the first portion; and/or   a sealant above one or more anchor openings of the plurality of anchor openings oriented vertically, the sealant extending downward on either side of the one or more anchor openings oriented vertically.   
     
     
         10 . The electrical gutter of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the one or more anchor openings comprise an opening standoff extending away from an exterior side of the first side; and/or   the first side comprises one or more independent standoffs extending away from the exterior side of the first side,   wherein the opening standoffs and the independent standoffs extend away from the first side an amount less than or equal to an amount the one or more sealants extend from the first side.   
     
     
         11 . The electrical gutter of  claim 1 , wherein the second side comprises a raised lip on an interior surface of the second side, the raised lip separating an interior portion of the interior surface from an edge portion of the interior side, the edge portion comprising part of the one or more channels of the liquid channeling system. 
     
     
         12 . The electrical gutter of  claim 11 , wherein at least one of the two or more weep holes is located on the edge portion of the second side. 
     
     
         13 . An electrical gutter comprising:
 a first side configured as a back side, the first side comprising one or more anchor openings each configured for an anchor to connect the first side to a mounting surface;   a second side coupled to the first side at a first corner, the second side configured as a bottom side;   a third side coupled to the first side at a second corner;   a fourth side couplable to the second side and the third side at an edge of the second side and of the third side opposite the first corner and the second corner;   a liquid channeling system configured to channel liquid away from the one or more anchor openings.   
     
     
         14 . The electrical gutter of  claim 13 , wherein the liquid channeling system comprises one or more sealants on an exterior surface of the first side positioned to contact the mounting surface with the anchors securing the first side to the mounting surface, the one or more sealants positioned to direct liquid between the first side and the mounting surface away from the one or more anchor openings. 
     
     
         15 . The electrical gutter of  claim 14 , wherein the mounting surface is vertical, the third side is a top side, and the one or more anchor openings comprise a plurality of anchor openings, wherein at least two of the plurality of anchor openings are spaced horizontally along the first side, and wherein the one or more sealants comprise:
 a sealant comprising a first portion spanning horizontally above the plurality of anchor openings and second and third portions extending downward at ends of the first portion; and/or   a sealant above one or more anchor openings of the plurality of anchor openings oriented vertically, the sealant extending downward on either side of the one or more anchor openings oriented vertically.   
     
     
         16 . The electrical gutter of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the one or more anchor openings comprise an opening standoff extending away from an exterior side of the first side; and/or   the first side comprises one or more independent standoffs extending away from the exterior side of the first side,   wherein the opening standoffs and the independent standoffs extend away from the first side an amount less than or equal to an amount the one or more sealants extend from the first side.   
     
     
         17 . The electrical gutter of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 an end piece coupled to each of two ends of the sides, each of the two end pieces comprising one of an endcap and a joint section, the joint section configured to connect to an additional electrical gutter; and   two or more weep holes located in the second side, fourth side, and/or the end pieces,   wherein the liquid channeling system comprises one or more channels along joints between the sides and the end pieces configured to channel liquid to the two or more weep holes.   
     
     
         18 . The electrical gutter of  claim 17 , wherein the fourth side comprises a channel of the one or more channels positioned interior to an exterior side of the fourth side that extends a length of a side of the fourth side couplable to the third side and extending along ends of the fourth side couplable to the end pieces. 
     
     
         19 . The electrical gutter of  claim 17 , wherein each end piece comprises a channel along a seam between the end piece and a side of the first, second, third, and/or fourth sides, the channel of the end piece shaped to direct liquid to a weep hole of the two or more weep holes. 
     
     
         20 . An electrical gutter comprising:
 a first side configured as a back side, the first side comprising one or more anchor openings each configured for an anchor to connect the first side to a mounting surface;   a second side coupled to the first side at a first corner, the second side configured as a bottom side;   a third side coupled to the first side at a second corner;   a fourth side couplable to the second side and the third side at an edge of the second side and of the third side opposite the first corner and the second corner;   an end piece coupled to each of two ends of the sides, each of the two end pieces comprising one of an endcap and a joint section, the joint section configured to connect to an additional electrical gutter;   two or more weep holes; and   a liquid channeling system configured to channel liquid away from the one or more anchor openings and to the two or more weep holes, the channeling system comprising:
 one or more channels along joints between the sides and the end pieces; and 
 one or more sealants on an exterior surface of the first side positioned to contact the mounting surface with the anchors securing the first side to the mounting surface, the one or more sealants positioned to direct liquid between the first side and the mounting surface away from the one or more anchor openings.