SWITCH CABINET HAVING A CLOSING ELEMENT PRELOADED INTO AN OPEN POSITION

The invention relates to a switch cabinet (1) with a housing (2) and with a door (5) which has a door leaf (4) and which is secured to said housing while being able to pivot by way of at least one hinge (3), characterized in that the door leaf (4) has an aperture (6) and a closing element (7) which closes the aperture (6) and which, counter to its mechanical preloading in the direction of its open position, is held in a closed position by an electrically activatable hold-shut element (8). La invención se refiere a un armario de distribución (1) que tiene una carcasa (2) y una puerta (5) que está fijada de forma pivotante a la misma a través de al menos una bisagra (3) y que tiene una hoja de puerta (4), caracterizada porque la hoja de puerta (4) tiene una abertura (6) y un elemento de cierre (7) que cierra la abertura (6) y que se mantiene en posición cerrada, en contra de su pretensión mecánica en el sentido de su posición abierta, mediante un elemento de bloqueo (8) controlable eléctricamente.