Upgrading Your Sacramento Electrical Service

Upgrading Your Sacramento Electrical Service

Upgrading Your Sacramento Electrical Service
Power Your Home to Fit Your Lifestyle

The modern Sacramento home is filled with products that run on electricity, many that pull large amounts of power. However, older Sacramento homes often have fuse systems or wiring that cannot handle these growing electrical needs. Obvious issues, such as fuses blowing when using multiple appliances or lights flickering, call for a review of your electrical panel, as do major renovations such as kitchen remodels. And the evaluation of the electrical service is a standard part of the inspection before buying a new house. When you upgrade your electrical service – whether for a home purchase, a renovation project, or to address wattage problems – think beyond those immediate needs to other capabilities that you (or a future owner) might want to add someday. A little forethought now can save time and money in the future and ensure that your home can support your lifestyle.

Appliances

Refrigerators are getting larger, double ovens are increasingly popular, and the standard coffee machine is being replaced with the professional quality espresso machine. The contemporary kitchen needs several outlets to support the wide array of large and small kitchen appliances.

Home Entertainment

Family room, playroom, bedroom, recreation room – modern homes have cable or satellite television in most or all of those rooms. If you want to create a home theater effect – such as connecting the flat screen, the DVD player, and the gaming system to the surround sound stereo, you need to prepare the space to carry all that wattage.

Computers

With dad bringing work home, mom running her own business, and the kids having school projects due each week, each member of the family often has their own computer. At any given time some or all of the computers in your household can be running at once.

Ceiling fans

Ceiling fans reduce utility costs and give additional lighting options. With added wiring you can control the lights and fans separately to adjust the fan speed and turn off the light while letting the fan run.

Basement/Garage/Workshop

These spaces, once only storage and work areas, have also become additional living and entertainment rooms (think “Man Cave”). If you have to unplug the extra freezer to run your power drill, then it’s time to upgrade your service and reduce the chances of overloading your circuits.

Outdoor Areas

Adding outdoor features such as a spa, automatic sprinklers, or outdoor lighting will require more electricity.

Security system

Many insurance companies make security systems more affordable with significant policy discounts. If you take advantage of this opportunity make sure your system can handle the increased load.

Surge protection

The commonly used surge protection strips (multi-plug power strips) protect against small, daily surges to help your equipment work better and last longer. You can protect your entire house (including switches, outlets, and the circuit breaker box) against large surges with a whole house surge arrestor at the electrical panel.