Electrical
Electrical panel upgrades and service capacity
The panel is the bottleneck through which every other upgrade must pass. Heat pump, EV charger, induction range, ADU, each is an electrical load, and a 100-amp service built for a 1965 house was not sized for any of them.
200A Panel Upgrade
- Permit & Inspection Included
Starting price for a typical single-system project in our service area. Final quote confirmed in writing after a free in-home assessment.
Starting at
$4,900
A load calculation answers it properly
Whether you actually need an upgrade is arithmetic, not opinion. A load calculation across existing and planned equipment tells you if the service is adequate, if load management can bridge the gap, or if an upgrade is genuinely required. We do the arithmetic before quoting the work.
What an upgrade actually involves
New panel and main breaker, meter section, grounding and bonding brought to current code, utility coordination for the service disconnect and reconnect, permit and inspection. The utility's schedule is often the long pole, we manage that coordination because waiting on it is the part owners hate.
Older panels that need replacing on their own merits
Certain legacy panels, Zinsco and Federal Pacific among them, have documented failure modes and are flagged by home inspectors and some insurers regardless of capacity. If you have one, replacement is worth doing before it becomes a condition of a sale or a claim.
Electrical Panel Upgrades across Southern California
We work in 200+ cities across 7 counties. Open a city for what electrical panel upgrades involves there:
Common questions
Electrical Panel Upgrades, what to expect
- Do you give a written scope before work starts?
- Always. The proposal lists equipment or materials, what is included, what is excluded and the payment schedule. Nothing starts on a verbal.
- What happens if you find something unexpected?
- Older homes hide things, undersized panels, failed ducting, non-permitted prior work, rodent damage in the attic. When we find something, we show you what is there and price the fix as a written change order before continuing.
- Do you talk about payback periods?
- We will talk about what drives payback, your usage, your rate schedule, the condition of the house. We will not hand you a number that depends on utility rates nobody can predict. Any contractor who gives you a confident payback figure is guessing with your money.
Planning electrical panel upgrades?
Call (818) 915-1604 or send us the details and we will come look at it.