I came across these red boxes attached directly to an electrical panel yesterday and I cannot determine what they are. My first thoughts where that they were whole building surge protectors which I have encountered before attached directly to a panel, however these have no markings and were very warm to the touch. I also thought that could be some sort of junction box-“handy man” work since they appear to just have wires feeding into and out of them back to the panel. The current owner has no clue what they are, and I have never encountered anything that looks like this which makes me suspect that they are just being used as junction boxes, but with them being very warm to the touch, I am hoping that is not the case. They appear to be spray painted red, but I am not certain what these are and cannot locate information anywhere as to what they could be other than the surge protectors or simply a junction box type attachment.
Any advice or input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Luke DeVivo