Emergency Electrician in Magnolia, TX

When the power problem is inside your house, it does not matter how far you are from the road. Wired Electrical & Generators is a family-owned, licensed and insured electrician, and our phones at (713) 467-1125 are open 24/7. We are based at 13910 Alice Road in Tomball, and Magnolia is a drive of about 30 minutes (an estimate). A call from the Magnolia side of Montgomery County is a real call for us, not something we pass along.

Please put safety first. If there is fire or heavy smoke, get everyone out and call 911. If an outlet is hot, a fixture smells like burning plastic or the panel is humming, switch off that breaker only if you can reach it safely and the floor is dry, keep people away from the spot, and call. Do not keep using a circuit that has already warned you. A flickering light or a breaker that trips every afternoon is usually a connection that is getting worse.

Finding your house when it is dark

Many Magnolia addresses are on long gravel drives off FM 1488, FM 1774 or a county road, and a lot of them are hard to find at night, especially if the gate is closed. When you call, give us the road you turn off, the gate code if there is one, which side of the road the drive is on, and a landmark such as a mailbox, a pole or a pasture gate. If you are on a street that floods or turns soft in heavy rain, say so. We will not promise a time over the phone, but a good description saves us the minutes that matter most.

Wells, pumps and the loss of water

A lot of homes around Magnolia rely on a private well, and a well pump is an electrical load that fails in its own ways. If the water has stopped and the lights are fine, the pump circuit, its breaker or the pressure switch may be the cause. Do not reset a pump breaker over and over, because a stalled pump motor can overheat. A tripped breaker for the pump, a burning smell near the pressure tank or a pump house that has taken on water is worth a call. We find out whether the trouble is the supply, the control or the pump itself before anything is replaced.

Trees, limbs and wind

Much of the Magnolia area is wooded, with tall pines and oaks near houses, sheds and the wires that feed them. When a limb comes down in a storm, it can pull on the service mast, tear the cable from the meter base or knock out an outbuilding feed. Stay far from any wire on the ground, assume it is live, and report it to your electric provider and 911. The damaged equipment on your side of the meter is where we start. If your house is served by an overhead drop from a pole across the yard, check the mast for bending or loose conduit after wind.

Outbuildings, gates and permits

Acreage often means a shop, barn, pool house or gate operator on its own feed, and a failure out there can be as urgent as one in the house. We troubleshoot the feeder and the subpanel in the outbuilding along with the main panel. Repairs that replace a panel, meter base or service wiring generally need a permit and an inspection before the utility reconnects. We handle that with the city or county that covers your address, and which one applies depends on whether you live inside Magnolia or outside it. We write down what we found and changed.