Panel Upgrades for Your Clearwater Home

Rebuilding or repairing your circuit breakers can prevent uncalled for downtime and in many cases is more cost-effective than replacing your existing equipment. Our know-how ensures that we can perform top quality repairs, modifications, rebuilding and maintenance on most circuit breakers and larger frame molded case breakers of all brands and vintages.

An electric panel upgrade is just what it implies. It is an upgrade from the existing electrical panel. With all the new appliances, and technical devices we now have in our Clearwater homes, we find that older homes might not have sufficient power available to handle the increased demand.

Therefore, a "service change" is required. This includes not only an upgrade in your electric panel. But an upgrade in your meter socket and wire size between the meter and panel.

Electrical Panel Change Out

A panel change out is usually required to alleviate a problem with the existing panel. Sometimes a breaker might overheat to the point that the buss bar in a panel gets burned. The conductors between the meter and panel may become loose and burn out the main lugs, especially common when aluminum conductors were used. Other common reasons to change out an existing panel are due to obsolescence and outdated technology. Split-buss panels, cheap builder-grade panels, panels contaminated by water, paint and corrosive environments are often candidates for replacement. Panels long ago manufactured by Zinsco and FPE have many issues and are considered a hazard by many in the industry. For more information on Zinsco and FPE panels, click here. The professionals at E*Star Electric, Inc. only use the highest quality panels (loadcenters) manufactured by Square D or Cutler Hammer for your panel change out or upgrade. Every panel that we install has a lifetime warranty on the equipment and a 3-year warranty on the installation. Service Partner members in good standing receive a full, unlimited lifetime warranty on every breaker we install. The bottom line is we make sure the heart of your electrical system, the electrical panel, will beat trouble free for years and years to come.

Service Upgrades for Your Home

An electric service upgrade is often recommended or required to increase the capacity of the existing electrical service. With all the new appliances and technical devices we now have in our homes, we find that older homes just don’t have sufficient power available to handle the increased demand. Therefore, a "service change" is required. This may include not only upgrading your electric panel, but upgrading your meter socket, the wire between the meter and panel, the wire between the utility and the meter and the grounding system as well.

If you are looking for an electrical contractor panel upgrade, please call us today at (727) 572-4921, or complete our online request form.