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Is your panel overloaded?
The proper size and balanced electrical panel is important to the safety and efficiency of your electric distribution. Warm, buzzing, or constantly tripping breakers are signs of trouble in your panel. It's important to maintain and check your electrical panel regularly to prevent major damage. We do panel checks on every call and provide maintenance. We look for signs of wear, tighten all your connections and ensure all breakers are properly sized and seated.
Today's home is full of electronics and appliances and many have more than one service panel to handle these loads. Older homes were built before these demands for power came along. As recently as the year 2000 homes weren't built to handle today's loads. Subsequently, many older homes with original panels are overloaded and a major fire risk. If any breaker in the panel has more than one wire connected to it then you need more power. Overloaded panels generate heat before they short or burn and melt wire insulation which helps us catch problems early - before they get dangerous and costly.
As always you are covered by our Lifetime Workmanship Warranty for any work we do.
If you have a Federal Pacific or Zinsco panel it needs to be replaced now! Federal Pacific panels were installed by the thousands in the 70's and 80's. Unfortunately, the Federal Pacific design (copied by Zinsco) was faulty so that overloaded circuit breakers fail or melt instead of "tripping." This led to many house fires, a class action law suite, and eventually bankruptcy for the company. Many of these dangerous panels are still in use today. We have found them in homes and villas in our area. For more information on the dangers of these obsolete panels click on one of the follow links. Federal Pacific or Zinsco.
Call us now and we will have a certified electrician in a fully stocked truck at your door.
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