Electrical Panel Upgrade Everett, WA
Electrical Panel Upgrades
Still on a 100-amp panel? It's doing a job it was never sized for.
Heat pump, electric range, a car that plugs in, a garage full of tools — that old panel feels every bit of it. Washington's standard for a new or replaced service is 200 amps now, and it buys you room for what you run today and whatever you bolt on next.
Is it time?
Signs an Everett electrical panel is out of room
- Breakers that trip under normal load, or won't reset
- A house built before the early '90s that's never been upgraded
- A Federal Pacific, Zinsco, or Pushmatic panel (keep reading — these matter)
- Scorching, rust, or a warm smell around the panel
- You're adding an EV charger, hot tub, or heat pump
- You're running the house on power strips because you're out of slots
Even one of these is worth a look. Two or more and we'd really like to come out.
Why Everett homes outgrow their panels
A lot of Everett housing stock went up between the 1960s and the 1990s, when 100 amps handled everything a house asked of it. Then the Everett house gained a heat pump, a shop in the garage, a kitchen full of appliances, and an EV in the driveway — and the whole-house electric load quietly doubled. The electrical system that was generous in 1978 is now the bottleneck, and we see the results weekly across Everett: breakers that trip when two big loads run at once, no open slots, lighting that dims when the dryer starts.
The fix is usually a 200-amp electrical panel upgrade — a new main electrical service, fresh grounding, and room for the circuits the next twenty years will ask for. Where the meter and mast need work too, we coordinate the utility side with Snohomish County PUD so the power is only off for hours, not days.
The upgrade
How a panel upgrade goes in Everett
We pull the old panel, set a new main breaker panel sized right for the house, and loop in Snohomish County PUD when the utility side needs upgrading too. Older setups often need a new meter base while we're at it. It's permitted through Everett or the county, and the inspector signs off before the panel goes hot — we run that whole sequence so you're not chasing it.
Worth slowing down for
About those Federal Pacific & Zinsco panels
Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels have a nasty habit — the breakers often don't trip when they should. A circuit overloads, the breaker just… sits there, the wire keeps heating, and that's how fires start. The Consumer Product Safety Commission documented the pattern years ago, and plenty of home insurers now flag the panel during underwriting. Zinsco panels have their own version of the same problem.
So if you've got one of these on the wall, we don't just upgrade electrical equipment here — we remove a known hazard.
Not always a whole panel
Breakers, subpanels & surge protection
We swap individual breakers, add dedicated circuits for a new dryer or shop, and sort out the double-tapped messes a previous owner left behind. We'll tell you straight when a panel's too far gone to keep adding to — and when it isn't.
While we're in there, ask about a whole-home surge protector — it mounts at the panel and takes the hit so your HVAC board and appliances don't. Adding an EV charger? A 200-amp service is usually the price of admission — see EV charger installation →
Why us
One licensed crew — not a chain of subs pointing at each other.
Every job runs under Washington State L&I electrical contractor registration, we pull the permit, we coordinate with Snohomish County PUD when the utility side needs touching, and we're the same folks you can call when it needs service down the road. One company for the pipes and the panel both.
(425) 374-1557Licensed & bonded
WA State L&I registered, every electrician certified.
Permit handled
We file and meet the inspector on every applicable job.
Plumbing + electrical
One company, one standard — fewer numbers in your phone.
Written price up front
You see the number before we start. No surprise line items.
Everett electrical panel upgrade services — how we run them
Our upgrade services around Everett follow a fixed playbook: written quote, permit, one scheduled day of work, final sign-off. As licensed electrical contractors we keep the whole chain in-house — no subcontracted meter work, no mystery line items — and all electrical work is permitted and wired to the 2023 NEC. While the wall is open, the same crew can fold in related electrical services: a generator inlet, whole-home surge protection, an EV circuit, or repair of that one dead outlet that never worked.
On installation day at an Everett home, the power is typically off for six to eight hours. The new panel installation gets labeled properly — every breaker named for the room it actually feeds — and the panel is left with open slots, because the next project always comes. After installation, the utility service is re-energized and we walk the house with you before the truck leaves.
More than a box swap: circuits, wiring, and the whole system
An electrical panel feeds a system, and any system is only as good as its weakest circuit. So while the power is down in your Everett home, we test every branch circuit against its breaker size, check the wiring at the first junction on each run, and confirm the grounding that ties the electrical system together. If a circuit shows trouble — warm connections, undersized wiring, an aluminum branch run — you hear about it the same day, with a written price for the repair.
It is also the moment to think ahead. Spare slots mean a future hot tub circuit, sauna, or backyard-studio service is a small job instead of a second project. Tell us what the next five years look like — shop tools, electric heat, more lighting circuits — and we will size the service and leave paths for the wiring to come. That kind of system planning is free while the panel is open and expensive any other day.
Storm season is the other reason Everett panels get attention every fall: power blinks stress old breakers, and whole-home surge protection is cheap insurance for the electronics on every circuit. Pair it with a generator interlock, and the same panel that runs your lights on a normal Tuesday keeps the heat and the refrigerator alive when the service drops in a windstorm.
Quick answers
Questions homeowners ask us
How much does an electrical panel upgrade cost in Everett?
Can you upgrade panel capacity without rewiring the whole house?
How long does a panel upgrade take?
Do I need a permit to replace my electrical panel?
Why is a 200-amp panel recommended for EV charging?
Do you replace panels outside Everett too?
Is a 200-amp panel worth it for an Everett home?
Let's get your Everett home sorted.
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