| CPC F24F 1/46 (2013.01) [F24F 1/24 (2013.01); F24F 1/16 (2013.01); F24F 1/56 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims | 

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               1. An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, the outdoor unit comprising: 
            a housing whose inside is divided into a fan chamber and a machine chamber by a partition plate; 
                a heat exchanger provided in the fan chamber; 
                a fan that sucks air from outside the housing into the fan chamber; 
                a heat-generating component provided in the machine chamber; 
                an electric board provided above the heat-generating component and including a printed circuit board and an electric component; and 
                a double thermal insulation plate provided between the heat-generating component and the electric board and including a first thermal insulation plate and a second thermal insulation plate disposed below the first thermal insulation plate with a space interposed between the first thermal insulation plate and the second thermal insulation plate. 
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