Bottom Line Up Front: Your home's distribution box (electrical panel) is typically located in the basement, garage, utility room, or mounted outside near your electrical meter. A meter box is an electrical enclosure designed to house the electricity meter and related service connections. Typically installed at the point of entry or on an exterior wall, a meter. The meter box is the meeting point between the utility grid and the building's electrical system. To find it quickly, look for a rectangular gray metal box about the size of a medicine cabinet, often positioned close to. The meter box and distribution box are collectively referred to as "three boxes" 1、 Illumination box 2、 Power box 3、 Metering tank The electricity meter installed in the electricity meter box belongs to the "metering box", which has anti-theft devices according to different requirements;. A meter box is a protective enclosure that houses an electricity meter and related electrical connections at the point where power enters a building.