Electrical Upgrades


Electrical Upgrades

There is a lot to your electrical service. Your electrical service refers to the pipe (metal or pvc), the meter (from the power company), the wires inside the pipe, your electrical panel (breakers or fuses), and your grounding system. Your service is measured in Amps. The most common residential service sizes are: 60 amps, 100 amps, 200 amps. Although you may have a size in between these (like 150 amps), these are the most common.

What is a service upgrade?

A service upgrade refers to making sure your electrical service is up-to-date and up-to-code! Often this means replacing a small fuse box to a modern panel with breakers. It may be that you already have breakers, but they too are old and outdated, or you need more power for your home. A full service upgrade replaces the pipe on the outside of your home, the wires inside that pipe, the meter, the wires going from the meter to your panel, the panel itself, the breakers inside the panel, and updating your grounding system with ground rods, communication ground, water ground, etc.