Tap box assembly with separated annunciator

An apparatus comprising:

• a tap box housing configured to distribute electrical power from a coupled power busway to one or more rack computer systems;
• and
• an annunciator, coupled to the tap box housing via at least one electrical line that separates the annunciator from the tap box housing by a separation distance that is configured to:
• emit a visual signal, indicating a state of the tap box housing, at a location separated from the tap box housing by the separation distance to enable remote manual observation of the state of the tap box housing from a remote location.

A method comprising:

• receiving a tap box configured to:
• couple to a busway distributing electrical power, and
• distribute electrical power from the busway to one or more electrical loads via a power cable connection;
• receiving an annunciator line comprising an annunciator on one end of the annunciator line and one or more electrical connectors on an opposite end of the annunciator line;
• and
• configuring the annunciator to emit a visual signal indicating a state of the tap box at a location separated from the tap box by a separation distance to enable remote manual observation of the state of the tap box from a remote location, wherein the configuring comprises:
• electrically coupling the one or more electrical connectors of the annunciator line to one or more monitoring circuits of the tap box;
• and
• coupling the tap box to the busway, such that the visual signal is manually observable from the remote location.