CIRCUIT BREAKER AND FUSES

If you are planning to improve the safety of the electrical system inside your home, the first thing to look at is the circuit breaker panel. All home insurance policies require replacement of the circuit breaker panel if they have become 20-year-old. Insurance companies believe that an old and aging circuit breaker is a potential risk for the safety of the house and the people living inside it. If you are not sure about the circuit breaker panel installed in your home in Knoxville, call Foster Electric at (865) 246-7037 for its inspection.

An aging circuit breaker is not capable of protecting your home against voltage surges. It is also ineffective in the case of a circuit shortage. It becomes incompatible for adequate protection of modern appliances in the market. You need circuit breaker repair to stay protected.

You know your circuit breaker repair is needed when you smell the burning of wires or when the breaker trips whenever 2 appliances are run at the same time. If you see the name of the panel and find Zinsco or Federal Pacific written over it, you should go for their replacement as both these panels are considered out of date today. These circuit breaker panels are equipped with old technology and they are not capable of handling powerful modern appliances. The result is that they become overheated and cause either sparks or accidental fires.

Present-day appliances used in homes in Knoxville are more powerful. You need robust quality circuit breaker panels to handle the operation of these appliances in your home. If you are not sure about the condition of circuit breaker panels installed in your home, you can check out their year of manufacture. If these breakers are getting overloaded every now and then and you also observe a burning smell inside your home, it is high time you either change them or go for circuit breaker repair.

Remember that if a circuit breaker panel is getting overheated all the time, it is a clear signal that it is incapable of handling the power demands of the appliances used in your home. If you do not know anything about these panels, you can get Eaton Cutler-Hammer panel installed in your home. Better still, call Foster Electric today to inspect your circuit breaker panel and ask their electrician to give his recommendation.

We have qualified and experienced electricians that know everything about circuit breaker panels and electric fuses. They will inspect the circuit breaker panel in your home and tell you whether you need its repair or replacement.