Distro Box Quick Reference

Distro Boxes are used to split the big and medium sized feeders into multiple feeds to allow power distribution throughout a film set.

They range in size from 1200A (or more!) Camlok distribution box all the way down to a 6 Edison outlet box.

1200A Distro Box

1200A Distro Box

A 1200A Passthru distribution box allows you to take camlok from a generator and provides 6 100A Bates connectors on the front and typically, 3 100A 220V Bates connectors at the back.

600A Pass Thru

600A Passthru Box

600A Passthrough distro boxes are smaller versions of the 600A and typically provide 3 100A bates connectors.

100A Lunchbox

100A Lunchbox

A Lunchbox typically provides 5 duplex edison outlets that are individually fused from a 100A bates feeder.

100A Gang Box

100A Gang Box

The 100A Gang Box (also known as a Woodhead) is used to provide 5 edison circuits and terminate a leg of the distribution network.

60A Gang Box

60A Gang Box

The 60A Gang Box (also knows as a snack pack) is used much the same as the 100A version, but on a 60A Bates line obviously. It only provides 3 edison circuits.