Maintenance & repairs

Most calls start the same way: something stopped working, or something is doing something it never used to do and it doesn't feel right. Troubleshooting is its own skill — the goal is to find the actual fault instead of replacing parts until the symptom goes away. Ken diagnoses first, tells you what he found, and fixes the cause.

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What's involved

A breaker that keeps tripping

A breaker doing its job is not a defective breaker. It's either carrying more load than it's rated for, or there's a fault on the circuit — and those get fixed very differently. Repeatedly resetting a breaker that keeps tripping, or worse, swapping in a bigger one, removes the protection without removing the problem. That's how wire behind a wall gets to overheat.

Flickering lights, warm devices, buzzing

These usually point at a connection rather than a fixture: a backstabbed receptacle, a loose neutral, a lug that was never torqued properly. A loose neutral in particular can put strange voltage on things and take out electronics across the house. Warm or discolored outlets and switches, or a burning smell near the panel, are the ones to call about the same day.

Salt air and what it does to connections

Living near the water on the Treasure Coast is hard on electrical equipment. Salt air corrodes lugs, panel bus, outdoor receptacles, disconnects and lighting fixtures — especially east of US-1 and anywhere close to the river or the Intracoastal. Corroded connections build resistance, and resistance builds heat. On coastal homes, and on rentals and seasonal homes that sit empty half the year, a periodic look at the panel, the meter can and the outdoor equipment catches this while it's still a cheap fix.

Why call a licensed electrician for repairs

Repair work is where the temptation to DIY is highest and the cost of guessing wrong is most immediate. Diagnosis is the part you're actually paying for.

The fault gets found, not just the symptom silenced
Work inside a live panel is done by someone insured to be in there
Corrected work is documented, which matters for an insurance claim
24/7 emergency service — no power, a burning smell, or water in the panel doesn't wait for Monday

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