Electrical Troubleshooting

WIREONE recommends that all residential homeowners perform periodic electrical safety inspections. Without regular safety inspections, there could be serious problems that go unnoticed and untreated until they become a threat to your safety or cause other damage to your home.

What is an Electrical Home Inspection?

An electrical home inspection provides a thorough examination of your entire electrical system, ensuring all electrical wires, systems, and components (such as appliances) meet legal safety standards. The National Electrical Code (NEC) is the code that all electricians operate under when examining your home, and defines the parameters for minimum standards across the United States. During your residential safety inspection, our professional electrician will perform a 39-point inspection of your home and will work to uncover any problems with your home’s electrical system before they become serious issues. Upon completion of your electrical home inspection, WIREONE will provide a detailed, prioritized checklist including areas in need of immediate attention, recommendations for improvements, and potential upgrade possibilities.

When should you order an Electrical Home Inspection?

The recommended frequency of electrical safety inspections varies based on your home:

• Every 10 years for an owner-occupied home
• Every 5 years for a renter-occupied home
• Every year for any home with a swimming pool
• When purchasing a home
• When adding a major appliance
• When a home has a had a renovation

You should also have your home inspected any time it’s being prepared for sale or rent.

What are the benefits of an Electrical Home Inspection?

An electrical home inspection is important for the safety of your home and everyone in it. Getting your home’s electrical system checked by a professional will offer you peace of mind by:

• Ensuring the safe operation of electrical components in your home
• Identifying common electrical mistakes made by contractors and previous DIY homeowners
• Recognizing outdated wiring such as aluminum or knob-and-tube
• Identifying electrical wiring and components that may have degraded over time
• Spotting oversized fuses or breakers that could lead to fire
• Allowing for the correction of fire and safety hazards
• Helping you save energy and reduce costs
• Meeting insurance risk assessment inspections requirements
• Letting you know the electrical in a new home is safe before you purchase it

What is included in an Electrical Home Inspection?

WIREONE’s 39-point Residential Safety Inspection, includes a thorough evaluation of the electrical system in your home, including:

• Inspection of the main electrical panel, including breakers and connections
• Inspection of all outlets and grounding system
• Review of CO2 detection system
• Review of smoke detectors
• Inspection general wiring conditions
• Inspection and testing of kitchen and bathroom GFCI outlets
• Review electrical system for compliance with latest residential electrical code
• Inspect security lights, outside lights, and doorbell system
• Inspect HVAC wiring and dedicated circuits
• Inspect garage wiring
• Determine whether any circuits are overloaded
• Determine whether any potential shock risks or fire hazards are present
• Identify any defective electrical work

Our professional electricians will make sure that your wiring system, sockets, and outlets are all in excellent condition, and we’ll check for any wear-and-tear, damage, or deterioration.

We’ll give you a thorough report of the condition of your electrical system, detailing any damage, deterioration, defects, or dangerous conditions that we find. If we find anything that is dangerous—or potentially dangerous—we’ll discuss the problems with you and suggest the best ways to move forward with repairs, with a variety of pricing options and strategies to fit every budget. We’ll make sure that your home is as safe as possible before our job is complete.

When any part of your electrical has any problems, it can bring your life to a halt. But problems with your electrical system are more than just hugely inconvenient—they can be extremely dangerous as well—problems with your electrical system can easily lead to house fires. If you’ve noticed any trouble at all with your electrical system, the electricians at WIREONE can troubleshoot these problems and find exactly where they’re stemming from so that we can eradicate them from the source.

If you’re experiencing anything unusual with your electrical system, call our professional electricians for electrical troubleshooting services as soon as possible.

What's Happening with your Electrical System?

Some of the common unexplained problems homeowners encounter with their electrical system include:

• Dimming lights, or lights doing strange things
• Appliances behaving abnormally or sporadically malfunctioning
• Unreliable outlets
• Seemingly random power glitches
• Breakers seem to trip at random

These problems are common, but they’re often left unresolved because their sources aren’t immediately clear. Even some professional electricians will only treat the symptoms of the problems, leaving the core causes untreated so that you’ll see the problems cropping back up again. This can also leave your home with terrible safety hazards.

Our professional electricians will always find and treat the root of issues so that the entirety of the problem is solved.

Electrical Safety Inspections

It’s very important that you call a professional as you notice any problems with your electrical system, but you can also keep your home as safe as possible by having regular inspections performed by a professional electrician. These inspections will:

• Uncover any electrical circuits or equipment in your home that are overloaded
• Find any potential fire hazards or shock risks
• Reveal any defective electrical work or wiring
• Highlight any lack of grounding or bonding

Our electrical safety inspections will also include tests of your wiring system and your electrical equipment. After the inspection is complete, we’ll discuss any problems we’ve found with you in plain English, and we’ll be sure that your electrical system is as safe and functional as possible.