Electrician Pasadena, MD – Local Electrical Contractors Near You in Pasadena

The reason for today’s visit was to take a look at disconnecting pier wiring. When we arrived, we met with Mr. Glenn, who told us that he was having the entire dock & retaining wall replaced sometime in the near future. He asked us to disconnect the wiring feeding the disconnects/pier equipment and to remove the disconnects. While We were here, he also asked if it would be possible to rewire his well pump to allow it to be a plug-in setup as opposed to its current, hardwired state. I let him know that it would require GFCI protection, but I did provide a solution to do so today. In regard to the pier wiring, there are two 8/2 UF Feeders running from a 2-pole 30A breaker in the main panel, each line feeding its own disconnect. Today, we’ve disconnected & labeled each line in the main panel, removed the wiring from the pier disconnects, and removed the pier disconnects from the retaining wall. - Disconnection of Pier Wiring to safely allow for the replacement of the dock at main panel

For this job, I came out to investigate what the customers thought was an electrical odor. I checked the receptacles and wiring and the was no evidence of overheating on the conductors or the receptacles themselves. They were not evening remotely warm. I asked if there was a surge protector plugged in that fried during the storms Tuesday, customer noted there was but it was thrown out and a new one was ordered. No evidence of melted or burnt computers or power cords in the area either.

Called out today to investigate why the well pump was instantly tripping the breaker. Upon arrival, I noticed that the service cable to the main electrical panel on the outside of the home was torn. This causes water to corrode the wires inside the service cable, and will eventually lead to power loss. Opening up the main panel, I saw that the circuit that was affected was an old BX wire, leading down into the crawl space below the home. Entering the crawl space, I saw a multitude of old, rusted out BX wires. Going further into the crawlspace, I found the tripping circuit. The BX jacket had separated and had exposed the wires to the elements, causing the jackets to corrode and for bare conductors to touch other BX cabling in the crawlspace, causing a dead short. This circuit was feeding a junction box where the 10/2 wire fed power to the well pump. Due to the condition of the BX wiring under the home, measures should be taken to rewire the affected circuits to prevent anything catastro

Called out today to look at a bathroom circuit that did not have power. The bathroom outlet and the switches did not have power, and all outside outlets did not have power. We noticed the bathrooms and outdoor outlets weren’t GFCI protected. We opened the upstairs bathroom GFCI and noticed a a bundle of wire with a burnt wire nut. We pulled this out and found the feed completely burnt with all the branch feeds for outlets and switches. Ultimately we GFCI protected all outdoor outlets, and all bathroom outlets with Weather Rated GFCI’s and new outdoor bubble covers. We also checked the main panel. The main panel looks original to the home (1970’s). The buss bar itself is started to become discolored due to excessive heat, the panel itself is also beginning to rust out due to water and or its age. The buss bar below the breakers also is burnt due to arcing of some sort. This panel should be updated to a more modern panel, that follows today’s standards with the NEC. ——— - Replace 3

This quote includes upgrading existing 100 amp service to a 200 amp service. We will install a new 4/0 service cable from the point of attachment down to the meter as well as installing new meter base siding block. We will run new cable from the meter to a new 200 amp service disconnect. We will run new cable from the new disconnect into a new panel in the same location as the old one. We were installing new 40 space square DQO series panel at standard panel height We will install new upgraded grounding system, which will include a new larger size cable to the main water as well as to the two new ground rods on the outside of the Home. We will install a new dedicated 60 amp circuit from the new panel out to the carport for a customer supplied level two car charger. We will installnew dedicated 120 V 20 amp circuit from the panel out to the carport for a convenience receptacle. We will run a new 50 amp 240 V circuit from the new panel over to the range location for a future electric r