Electrical Panels in Whittier, CA
If you need any work done on your home’s electrical panel in Whittier, CA, you can count on the expert electricians at Spot On Heating, Air & Plumbing. We can assist if you need a panel upgrade because your current panel’s outdated or not large enough to meet all your needs. Our team can also help with any necessary panel repairs or if you have any malfunctioning circuit breakers in the panel that need replacing.
Panel Upgrade and Repair Services
Electrical panels typically have a life span of somewhere between 25 and 40 years. If your current panel got installed more than a few decades ago, it is definitely time to start thinking about having it replaced.
One sign that you need new a new panel installed is if your home still has old-style fuses instead of modern circuit breakers. Both fuses and circuit breakers serve the same purpose and should shut off electricity to a circuit if it ever gets overloaded. However, fuses stopped being used in electrical panels decades ago simply because circuit breakers are much more effective and much safer.
Overloading occurs when more current flows through the circuit than it can handle. If electricity continued to flow through the circuit, severe damage could occur to the wiring and anything connected to that circuit. Overloading also causes the wires to instantly become extremely hot, which can create a major fire risk. You can greatly reduce all of these risks by upgrading your old fuse panel to a modern breaker panel.
Another reason that you may want to upgrade your electrical panel is that most old panels can’t supply enough amperage to run modern, high-powered appliances. This includes things like air conditioners, dryers and even some microwaves. If you’re looking to have air conditioning or an EV charging station installed, you may also need to have your panel upgraded or a sub-panel installed. These things need to be on their own dedicated circuits, and there’s not always available space in the existing panel to add additional circuits.
We would also recommend having your electrical panel inspected and possibly replaced if you notice any of these other issues.
- Rust inside the panel or on any breakers
- Discoloration or visible singeing inside the panel
- Humming or buzzing noises coming from the panel
- Circuit breaker that continually trips