Flood resistant housing

A flood resistant housing for electrically powered equipment having a chamber defined between support surface 22 and upstanding walls 24 and 26. The chamber is further defined by inward faces of front and rear doors (not shown) and top 34 with lid. A passageway inlet 14 is provided in the base through which cabling can be received and directed through upright passageway channel 16 and chamber inlet 18 into the chamber. In flood conditions, water external to the housing will first fill the passageway inlet and then will have to rise in the upright passageway channel before reaching the chamber inlet and flooding the chamber. In this way electrically powered equipment placed within the chamber can be protected during flooding as external water level may increase as high as the lower edge of the chamber inlet without water entering the chamber. In the embodiment shown, the passageway forks into a second passageway providing two inlets to the chamber. The passageways are enclosed by covers 32 secured to the upstanding walls of the enclosure.