Electrical Panel Upgrade in Houston, TX

Most panel upgrades in Houston start with an ordinary problem: a breaker that keeps tripping, no room for a new circuit, or a project such as a charger, a second air conditioner or a generator that the old panel cannot carry. Wired Electrical & Generators is a family-owned, licensed and insured electrician and Generac Prestige Dealer. Our shop is at 13910 Alice Road in Tomball, and Houston is one of the service areas we cover, not our home address.

Houston housing varies more than almost anywhere. A 1930s bungalow, a 1960s ranch house and a new townhome each need a different answer. We start with a free estimate and a look at the panel, the meter and the loads you want to add, then tell you what is actually needed.

Older bungalows in the Heights and nearby

Houses in the Heights and similar older neighborhoods were wired for a few lights and a radio, and later added to room by room. Panels can be small, fuses may still be in use, and branch circuits sometimes feed far more than they should. Replacing the panel often means new grounding, a new meter base and sorting out circuits that were extended with no record. We tell you what we find, mark what is required and what is optional, and flag anything that deserves a closer look in the walls.

Mid-century ranch houses in Spring Branch and Northwest Houston

Brick ranch houses on the north and northwest side often have a panel that was fine in 1965 and is full today. Add central air, a second system, an electric range, a pool or a home office and you run out of slots long before you run out of patience. Sometimes a subpanel solves it, and sometimes the whole service has to grow. We calculate the load before we recommend anything.

Townhomes and infill

Houston has many tall, narrow townhomes and rebuilt lots, where the panel can be in a utility closet, in a garage or on an outside wall facing the street. The meter location and the room to work decide how the job goes. We check access, working clearance and the route of the service before the day of the job.

Flood-damaged and surge-damaged panels

After a flood, a panel that was under water should not simply be dried out and switched back on. After a long outage and a surge, breakers can fail in ways you cannot see. We inspect, replace what needs replacing and add whole-home surge protection at the panel if you want it.

Permits and the utility

Where the city requires it, a panel change gets an electrical permit and an inspection. For Houston addresses that means the city's permit process, and for addresses outside the city it is the county or city that covers them. We confirm which before we quote, pull the permit and schedule the inspection. Your electric utility then reconnects service once the work has passed.