APC NetShelter Rack PDU Advanced Gen 2, Metered, 7.4kW, 1Phase, 230V, 32A, 332P6, 40 Outlets

Product Overview

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This APC NetShelter Rack PDU Advanced Gen 2 is one of those “quietly essential” rack purchases: it gives you per-outlet control and useful metering so you can spot real load draw instead of guessing. At £912.29 ex-VAT, it’s not cheap, but it’s the right spend if you’re managing a busy server room, VDI blades, telco gear, or any setup where monitoring is part of keeping SLAs—especially when the alternative is vague “everything’s fine” until a breaker trips. For a UK reseller customer, I’d usually recommend it when you’ve got multiple teams sharing power and you want better accountability without rolling your own monitoring.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you just need basic power distribution. If you’re not going to use the metering/control features day-to-day, you’re paying a premium you won’t benefit from. Also, “7.4kW 1-phase” is great when it fits your circuit plan, but make sure the rack/power feed design can actually support it—otherwise you end up with expensive hardware you can’t fully leverage. Overall: strong choice for environments that care about visibility and operational control; overkill for smaller, simple racks where you’d be better off with a simpler metered PDU.