Upgrade for You Safety
The electrical service panel houses your home’s circuit breakers. Have you spotted the outside-to-inside wires? Your service panel gathers them. From there, wires transmit electricity to different regions of your home. It’s full of switches if you’ve ever opened it. Your service panel will eventually fail, like any other household system. If you see any of the following, it may be time to upgrade your service panel:
Your home is more than 20 years old. If your home is older than 20, upgrade the service panel. Older homes have 60-to-100-amp panels. Modern homes have 200 amps on average. Due to rising power consumption, these homes’ older panels will need to be upgraded.
Frequent panel tripping. Your electrical panel needs repair or replacement if it trips often or crackles. When you plug in too many power-hungry items, the system will trip. Power is “tripped” to protect cables from overheating. This may mean replacing just the breaker and not the panel.
Flickering lights. If your lights flicker when other appliances are on, the panel may be faulty. Overloaded circuits in the panel may be reducing an appliance’s output. The panel may be obsolete and need upgrading to handle the higher current load.
Extension cords. Overusing extension cords is risky. Walls have cables for a reason. Protected systems wear less. Unorganized wires might short or squeeze, causing damaged outlets. Using extension cables constantly isn’t smart. Contact your local electrician to install more outlets and reduce paneling and breaker stress.
Burning smell or discolored outlets. Burning electricity is never good. Overloading could cause a heated panel. A poorly connected service box generates high watts in a small region. Increasing heat may cause burning smells. It may also discolor your outlets. This could lead to an electrical fire, so an expert should inspect it promptly.
You should never mess around when it comes to your electricity. Contact True Power Electric Co a trusted electrical service provider in San Bernardino, CA for your service panel upgrade. Call us (909) 713-2032 today!