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How Do You Know If You Need an Electrical Panel Upgrade?

Bianco Electric in Franklin Square located in Nassau County on Long Island, New York has a significant advantage over other electricians in the area, in that their sister company has been building and remodelling homes on Long Island for decades.

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How Do You Know If You Need an Electrical Panel Upgrade?

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  1. How Do You Know If You Need an Electrical Panel Upgrade?

  2. Electrical Panel Upgrade • Many don’t know when to change or upgrade their electrical panels. As electrical panels are the power house of your house, you should ensure that it is working properly. This is mostly made of steel and inside there will be many types of wires and connectors. Circuit breakers are able to turn on the power and turn off the power of your house. • During electrical shots or tripping the circuit breakers will cut the power supply and this ensure there is no major damage. Tripping is one of the common issue with circuit breakers. When the wires in the circuit in not able to carry power through it then it will break and the whole power system is getting affected with it. If this happen more times in your house, then you should call an electrician.

  3. Electrical Panel Upgrade • If you are able to handle such situations then should check the issues that pave way for tripping. Mostly you can add an additional panel to the main panel and improve the capacity of the circuit breaker. Otherwise, you can think about upgrading it. • You should be aware of the fact that upgrading circuit panel will not improve the power flow to your house. For this you have to ask assistance of an experienced Electrician long island. In order to improve the flow of electricity to your house there is the need of new circuit breakers, cables, electrical meter etc.

  4. Electrical Panel Upgrade • As safety is the primary concern it is better to call an electrician for doing all these works, instead of doing everything by yourself. Many factors have to be considered before buying a circuit panel. There are various brands in this field. The Electrical panel upgrade program should be started after checking the brands that are offering improved services. • You should be able to check the present need of power supply and the future need of power supply before buying circuit panels. As it is not an easy task to change panels every year, one should be able to identify the power needs and buy power panels according to it.

  5. Electrical Panel Upgrade • While thinking about electrical panel upgrade, you should check the components and factors that are essential for it.Some of the components that are essential for panel up gradation include bus, bars, neutral bars, grounding bus bars, circuit breakers, main breaker etc. • Ampere changes as per requirement. Normally it will come in the 100 to 20 range. Then circuit breakers are in the GFCI, AFCI, single pole and double pole range. One should consider all these factors while buying circuit panels.

  6. Electrical Panel Upgrade • You all know that appliances are powered only when electricity travels through wires and circuits. Wirers should be connected with the main panel and this panel should be switched on. Components present in a normal break panel are main breaker, circuit breakers, bus bars. Again, you will get many types of break panels. There are main plug panels, sun-panels, main breaker panels and transfer switches. • The main breaker panel is the core type among break panels. It is this panel from which electricity flows to the entire building. Switching on these panels allows power to pass through all the other sub panels. The entire building will be in dark if anyone switches of this panel.

  7. Electrical Panel Upgrade • This is a double pole circuit breaker that has to be installed 10 feet away from the feeder cable and meter. The main wires will be running through the main lug panel. There are people who use this as the sub panel. It depends of the requirement. • Sub panels can be used separately if the power consumption is high. An experienced http://www.biancoelectric.comNassau County Electrician is able to tell you when you have to upgrade your existing main circuit breaker.

  8. Feel Free contact us for Electrical Wiring in Nassau County Electrician in long island Phone: 5166507976, 5163527234 E-Mail : benny@biancoelectric.com Website : http://www.biancoelectric.com/contact

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