Saturday 23 November 2019

New Upgraded Breaker Box or Repairing Existing Breaker Panel ?

Are you thinking about replacing your old fuse panel or outdated breaker box with an upgraded electrical panel 100 or maybe 200 amps? Well if you are upgrading your electrical service panel it is always a good investment to make in the future of your homes electrical needs, wants or even safety. Old and out of date breaker boxes and fuse panels may not have the room for adding additional electrical wiring circuits in the house. That's in addition to already being an electrical hazard in your home. When upgrading your electrical panel you should consider a few things. Is a 100 amp breaker box going to be my best investment or should I go with a 200 amp breaker panel? And the answer to that question depends on several different things like the number of electrical wiring circuits you have in your home, the size of the home, what type of electrical circuits and devices are running in the home and are you thinking of adding anything electrical in the future like a finished basement, work shop or maybe a hot tub or electric car charger? 

Have you set aside a budget for going with the larger 200 amp breaker panel upgrade or does the 100 amp breaker box upgrade fit your homes needs and into your budget more comfortably? These are a few of the questions you should ask yourself before consulting with a local electrician. Maybe you don't need to upgrade your electrical service panel box it could just need to be repaired. Average repairs to breaker panels can be a lot less expensive than replacing the entire breaker box. When double tapped neutrals are present in the electrical panel you can usually get away with adding an additional grounding bar in your electrical box. Some electrical inspections find oversized breakers which is commonly an inexpensive fix compared to the whole electrical panel being replaced. If you are adding a circuit and your breaker box appears to be full of breakers some breaker panel boxes will have a twin style or quad style breaker to add additional spaces to a breaker panel box that appears full. If for some reason these style of breakers won't work for your electrical application you could always consider adding in a sub panel for additional circuits in your house. 

Sub breaker boxes are additional breaker panels added when your main breaker box is full of circuits and you are wanting to add more circuits to your home. Either way you going with the decision of your homes electrical upgrade or electrical repair Edwards Electric LLC is a near by local electrician that can help determine the route that is best for you by involving you in the decision of your home. We are family owned and operated as well as being fully licensed and insured. Edwards Electric LLC is a trusted name in your community and around the entire greater Kansas City, Missouri area. Please give us a call or email us so we can get you on our customer convenient schedule! Call 816-214-7091 or email Edwardselectricllc.com and get scheduled today!
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Friday 22 November 2019

Ceiling Fan Installations and Upgrades

When it comes to installing new ceiling fans or updating an existing ceiling fan you may want to consider a few things before you make the commitment or the purchase of the ceiling fan. First what type of ceiling fan are you looking to by? Ceiling fans have several different choices. The main types of ceiling fans are the ones that either hang from a down rod or hug the ceiling. So if you get a ceiling fan with a down rod, do you have enough head clearance when standing underneath the ceiling fan? Is your ceiling fan going to be to close to the ceiling? They make several different lengths of ceiling fan down rods to lower your fan if needed. Now that we know the height of our ceiling fan, we can know start thinking about the width of our ceiling fan. 

The width of your ceiling fan is determined by the size of the room. For large rooms you will want a larger width fan and for smaller spaces you would want a shorter width fan. Are you looking to have a ceiling fan light kit with your ceiling fan or just the fan it's self? Now how are we going to turn our fan on? Are you switching your ceiling fan separate from your ceiling fan light fixture? Maybe a wall switch or two a remote control would also work or maybe just the pull chains on the ceiling fan? Does the location the ceiling fan is going to be installed have existing power or a ceiling fan rated box already? If not have you considered possible sheetrock damage in order to perform the task? Usually the guy you have screwing in the light bulbs you don't want patching your walls, if they will even perform this task. 

These are just a few of the questions you need to ask yourself when you are about to invest into your homes electrical system. When looking for an electrician near me, consider Edwards Electric LLC a local electrician to the area. We are a family-owned and operated residential electrical company out of Independence, Missouri and servicing the entire Kansas City metro area and surrounding. 

Give us a call at 816-214-7091 or check us out online at Edwardselectricllc.com