Emergency Electrician in Humble, TX

When something electrical goes wrong in the middle of the night, you need a person to talk to. Wired Electrical & Generators is a family-owned, licensed and insured electrician, and our phones at (713) 467-1125 are open 24/7. We take emergency calls from Humble homeowners. Our shop is at 13910 Alice Road in Tomball, so Humble is a service area for us and not next door.

If you see flames or heavy smoke, get everyone outside and call 911 first. If it is a burning smell, a sparking outlet or a panel that is hot or buzzing, call us from a safe spot. The sections below cover what to do in the first minutes and what to tell us.

Getting to Humble from Tomball

Humble is on the northeast side of Greater Houston, near Beltway 8, U.S. 59 (I-69) and FM 1960. From Tomball it is a cross-town trip, roughly 40 to 50 minutes by our estimate, using Beltway 8, the Hardy Toll Road or FM 1960 depending on traffic. After a storm or at rush hour it can be much longer. We will tell you plainly how far we are, and we do not promise an arrival time we cannot keep.

Creeks, bayous and flooded wiring

Humble sits near Greens Bayou and not far from Lake Houston, and it took heavy flooding during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Water in a house usually reaches the outlets, switches and panel before anything else. If water has touched your panel, do not switch it back on, even after it dries. Stay out of standing water near cords and equipment. We inspect what the water reached and replace what should not be reused.

Older Humble houses and newer subdivisions

The area around the city of Humble has older homes, many with additions, and newer subdivisions toward Atascocita and Kingwood. In older houses we see crowded panels and circuits stretched by years of added loads. In newer subdivisions we usually see problems like a failed surge protector, a tripped main breaker after a storm or a damaged meter base. Tell us the age of the house and where the panel is when you call.

Storm damage and the utility line

Hurricane season, thunderstorms and the freeze of Winter Storm Uri in 2021 can all damage the electrical service on a house. A limb can tear off the mast or crack the meter base, and lightning can damage breakers and equipment. Downed lines are the utility's, so keep back and report them. Your mast, meter base and panel are on your side, and that is where we work.

Permits after an emergency repair

If a repair replaces a panel, meter base or service wiring, it usually needs a permit and an inspection before the utility reconnects. We check whether the city or the county that covers your address issues the permit, pull it and schedule the inspection.