A power box (USA) or feeder pillar (UK) is a cabinet for electrical equipment, mounted in the street and controlling the electrical supply to a number of houses in a neighborhood.

What is a power box in a house?

Power box is another name for a transformer, which is the link between the main electrical grid and the local grid. These boxes take electricity from the main lines and bleed it off into the systems that connect directly to homes and businesses. … Breaker boxes inside homes are sometimes referred to as power boxes.

What is the box called for power?

A distribution board (also known as panelboard, breaker panel, electric panel, DB board or DB box) is a component of an electricity supply system that divides an electrical power feed into subsidiary circuits while providing a protective fuse or circuit breaker for each circuit in a common enclosure.