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Top-down view of a PCE IMST power distribution box with blue CEE outlets around the edge and the RCD and MCB breakers behind the clear cover

32 AMP 240V IMST Power Distribution Unit

Hire From £25.

This is the box that turns a single 32A feed into usable stand power. What goes in as one 32A 240V inlet comes out as six separate 16A circuits, each with its own breaker, plus a 32A feed-through socket for passing the full feed along to a second box. On a busy stand that means lighting, screens, a fridge and a couple of games can all run from one drop without anyone stringing extension leads together behind the counters.

It's built by PCE, an Austrian manufacturer that specialises in portable distribution, and it sits on their IMST chassis along with the rest of the distro range we carry. The housing is shock-resistant polyamide with a steel carry handle, the sockets wear splash-proof caps that flip open when you need them, and rubber lugs let the units stack into a tidy tower instead of sprawling across the floor.

Everything protective lives behind a hinged clear polycarbonate window: a 40A 30mA double-pole RCD watching the whole box, and six C-type 16A MCBs with one on each output. The trip states stay readable from across the stand, which matters during a build when the doors open in a few hours and nobody has time to go hunting through a cupboard.

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Side view of the PCE IMST distro showing the splash-proof caps over the blue sockets, the steel carry bar and the rubber stacking lugs

What this spider distro gets used for

  • One 32A feed becomes six ordinary 16A outlets

  • Shell schemes, space-only stands and feature areas

  • Games, demos and interactive kit fed separately

  • Lighting, screens and PA on their own circuits

  • Second box chained via the feed-through socket

  • RCD plus a breaker on every output

At a glance

protected 16A outputs
6
kW max through the inlet
7
amp feed-through for chaining
32
splash-rated sockets and caps
IP44

Specifications

  • Manufacturer: PCE, built on the IMST chassis in Austria
  • Inlet: 32A 240V plug inlet
  • Outputs: 6x 16A 240V sockets
  • Pass-through: 1x 32A 240V socket for chaining a second unit
  • Whole-box protection: 40A 30mA double-pole RCD
  • Per-output protection: six C-type 16A MCBs
  • Total load: around 7kW through the single 32A inlet
  • Housing: shock-resistant polyamide with steel carry handle
  • Rubber lugs for secure stacking
  • Hinged clear polycarbonate window over the breakers
  • Splash-proof socket caps throughout, IP44-class

On site

  • The 32A feed-through is a bare pass-through, so it's there for the next distro down the line rather than for plugging an appliance straight into.
  • The feed itself comes either from the venue supply you order through the organiser or from one of our diesel generators; indoors, our battery generators can sometimes do the job without an engine anywhere near the hall.
  • The IP44-class caps cope with rain and splashes, though the box should still sit clear of standing water, and lead runs crossing walkways want cable protectors over them.
  • Hire starts at £25, the overnight option adds £25 and long-term bookings are discounted.

If anything about your supply is unclear, send the venue's power order over and we'll match the kit to it.

How it fits an exhibition job

Most trade show paperwork tells you how many amps you have, not how many things you want to plug in. The organiser sells a 16A or 32A service against your stand number, the shell crew energise it at some point during the build, and after that you're left to sort the last few metres yourself. This distro is the piece that turns that one feed into a row of ordinary outlets, which is why it travels with most of our exhibition jobs alongside the event infrastructure and trade show games we take into the halls.

If you're building the stand, the box tucks under a counter or behind the back wall with one lead in and six out, and you can read the breaker states through the cover without dragging it into the light. If you're an organiser kitting out a feature area, or a brand team walking an activation from one centre to the next, the stacked bodies pack down small in a van and hand out distributed power wherever the next site's feed happens to land.

Gallery

  • 40A 30mA RCD and six C-type 16A MCBs behind the clear polycarbonate window

  • Steel carry bar, rubber stacking lugs and splash-proof caps over the blue CEE sockets

  • IMST distros stacked into a tower, with a PCE power meter sitting on top

Common questions

How much kit can I run from one unit?

The single 32A inlet takes a total load of around 7kW. Each of the six 16A circuits can pull close to 3.7kW on its own, so the ceiling arrives quicker than people expect once heaters or kettles join the mix. Send us the kit list and we'll add the wattages up before you commit to anything.

What happens if a circuit trips during the show?

Every output has its own C-type 16A MCB, so a problem on one circuit only drops that socket while the other five keep going. The 40A 30mA RCD watches the whole box and will cut everything if it senses leakage, which is what you want with visitors wandering past. All the breaker switches stay visible through the clear cover, so whoever is running the floor can see what's tripped without opening anything.

Can two boxes share the same feed?

Yes. The 32A feed-through socket passes the full inlet load to a second distro cabled in underneath it, which spreads power across a larger stand from a single 32A drop. Both boxes draw from the same 7kW budget, so treat the pair as one pool of power and plan the loads accordingly.

Delivered from our own vans

These distros live in our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham, five minutes off the A1, M1 and M18, alongside the 95%-odd of our hire stock that we own and maintain ourselves. Event equipment has been leaving this building since 1999, and we deliver regularly to exhibition venues including NEC Birmingham, ExCeL London, Manchester Central, Olympia London and Harrogate Convention Centre, as well as sites across South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and the Midlands.

Every hire carries £5 million public liability insurance as standard, and where a venue wants paperwork before the build starts we email the risk assessments ahead rather than presenting them at the loading door.

Related Products

This six-way 32A unit is the stand-sized half of the distro range - the four-way version trims the outputs, and the 415V unit takes three-phase feeds. Those sit below with the generators and site kit that pair with them.

Hire the 32A 240V Power Distribution Unit

Tell us the venue, the dates and roughly what's running on the stand, and we'll come back with a quote for the distro and the cabling to suit. Need a generator or a battery option to feed it, or games to plug into it afterwards? Say so in the message and the lot goes on one booking.

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