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Also referred to as the circuit breaker panel, the electrical panel in your home is tasked with keeping your entire household\u2019s electrical system running smoothly \u2026 and more importantly, safely.<\/p>\nAlso referred to as the circuit breaker panel, the electrical panel in your home is tasked with keeping your entire household\u2019s electrical system running smoothly \u2026 and more importantly, safely.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s likely you don\u2019t think a lot about your panel, unless maybe you\u2019re resetting breakers on a regular basis (we\u2019ll cover this among other signs below).<\/p>\n
If you’ve lived in your home for a couple of decades or longer and have never had an electrical inspection done, then you definitely want to keep reading. Aging service panels require special care and attention to ensure they\u2019re not operating in an unsafe way that can threaten your home and family.<\/p>\n
If you do realize you have an emergency electrical need, we\u2019re the team to call. But we would also like to help you avoid power emergencies. We\u2019ve gone ahead and shared four signs that you need an electrical panel upgrade.<\/p>\n
Once an electrical panel has reached a certain age, it begins to suffer damage from power surges through your home\u2019s wiring. This is because it can\u2019t handle the amount of electricity going through it. A big reason this occurs is because homes today have increasing electrical demands in the form of entertainment systems, chargeable devices, and more.<\/p>\n
Homeowners often mistakenly believe only storms cause power surges. The reality is, they\u2019re often caused by large, powerful appliances, like an HVAC unit, cycling on and overloading the system.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s say you find yourself resetting breakers a few times a week, when it used to be that you rarely had to reset them more than a few times a year. Consider this a warning that your panel needs an upgrade.<\/p>\n
Circuits and wiring that wears down can create small electrical fires inside the panel. In most cases, they quickly burn themselves out. However, you can\u00a0often detect the signs they\u2019ve occurred.<\/p>\n
If you smell an acrid stench from the panel or see charring and discolored markings around the circuit breakers, then the panel has likely experienced an electrical fire. These panels are designed to shut off circuits if this occurs. But you should never knowingly allow it to happen.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re wondering why we haven\u2019t mentioned blown fuses yet, it\u2019s because you shouldn\u2019t be using a fuse box in your home! These were used about\u00a0forty to fifty\u00a0years ago, before electrical panels, and they cannot possibly handle the increased electrical demand of modern homes.<\/p>\n
If your home does <\/em>still have a fuse box, then we have to tell you\u2014it\u2019s outdated and could start causing problems for your electrical system and property.<\/p>\n We mentioned above that one of the signs that you need an electrical panel upgrade is constantly tripping breakers. What if it\u2019s just one <\/em>breaker? Well first, check to see what is connected. There\u2019s a possibility you can switch things around, plug appliances into different outlets, and redistribute some of the demand placed on the electrical panel. If this doesn\u2019t work, give us a call.<\/p>\n To get in touch with a quality electrician in Eugene, OR<\/a>, look no further than Comfort Flow Heating! Contact us<\/a> today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you have lived in your home for a couple of decades or longer and have never had an electrical inspection done, then you definitely want to keep reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[208,89],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electrical","tag-electrician","tag-eugene"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1990,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions\/1990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comfortflow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}#4: A Breaker Won\u2019t Stay Reset<\/h2>\n