Useful before the service call — what a tripping breaker is telling you, when a panel is genuinely past repair, and what to leave alone until an electrician arrives.
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A 200-amp service is not automatically better, and 100 amps is not automatically too small. The right size is a load calculation, not square footage.
Read: 100A vs 200A service
A tripped breaker tells you something changed on the circuit. Note what happened, reduce the connected load, and do not rely on repeated resets.
Read: Breaker keeps tripping
An ADU adds a dwelling’s worth of load. The right design is a load calculation — not an automatic 200-amp service or a second meter.
Read: ADU electrical
How to identify solid aluminum branch wiring in a 1965–1973 house, why the risk sits at the connections rather than the wire, why it is not the same as the aluminum at the meter, and the CPSC-recognized repairs — so a full rewire is not the only answer.
Read: Aluminum wiring
A breaker that will not stay on is protecting the circuit or has failed. One proper reset. If it trips again, stop. Call (279) 972-9272.
Read: Breaker won’t resetA burning or fishy smell at an outlet, switch, or breaker panel is overheating until proven otherwise. Stop using it. Isolate if you can. Then have the source found.
Read: Burning smell at an outlet
A Level 2 charger does not automatically mean a new panel or 200 amps. How much charging you need, and what the service can carry, decides it.
Read: Can my panel take a charger
Holiday lights are an electrical job before they are a decorating one. GFCI, outdoor circuits, and a timer — then the roofline. Call (279) 972-9272.
Read: Christmas light installation
A light box is not automatically a fan box. Listed fan support, weight rating, and structure — before the fan goes up. Call (279) 972-9272.
Read: Fan-rated box for a ceiling fan
Panel, service, grounding, two-prong outlets, aluminum or cloth wiring, GFCI, DIY work, and permit history — before you close. Call (279) 972-9272.
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Nothing is scheduled, and nothing is priced, until the equipment has been looked at.