Electrical Panel Upgrades
Across the Wasatch Front

Signs Your Panel Can't Keep Up Anymore

Panels don't usually fail all at once — they show it gradually. Common signs we see in homes across Salt Lake City, Davis County, and the surrounding valley include breakers that trip whenever two larger appliances run at once, warm or discolored breaker switches, a panel that's already full with no open slots for a new circuit, or a home that's added central air, a hot tub, a home addition, or an EV charger since the panel was installed. Any one of those loads can push an older panel past what it was ever sized for.

100-Amp vs. 200-Amp: What's the Real Difference

Many homes built decades ago along the Wasatch Front were wired with 100-amp service, which was standard for the electrical loads of that era — a furnace blower, some lights, a handful of outlets. Today's homes run central air conditioning, electric ranges, hot tubs, home offices full of electronics, and increasingly an EV charger on top of it all. A 200-amp panel gives you the headroom to run all of that simultaneously without maxing out capacity, and it's the standard most new construction is built to today.

Older Panel Brands and Safety Considerations

Some panel brands and breaker styles from decades past have known reliability issues that can affect both safety and insurability — certain older breaker types are known to fail to trip when they should. If your home still has its original panel, particularly one that predates the 1990s, it's worth having an electrician confirm what's actually installed. This isn't a reason to panic, but it is a reason to have someone qualified take an actual look rather than guess based on the panel's age alone.

What the Upgrade Process Looks Like

We start with a load calculation based on your home's actual electrical demand, not a generic estimate. From there, we handle the permit, coordinate the brief power shutoff with your utility, install the new panel and breakers, and schedule inspection — all built into the quote you get before work begins, with no hourly surprises (see our upfront pricing). Most panel upgrades are completed in a single day.

Planning for What You're Adding Next

If a panel upgrade is on your radar because of a specific project — a home EV charger, a whole-home generator, a hot tub, or a room addition — it's worth sizing the new panel around that project rather than doing the bare minimum today and revisiting it again in two years. We install and size panels for generator transfer switches as part of our generator installation work across Davis County, and coordinate both projects together when it makes sense. Request a free estimate and we'll evaluate your current panel and what you're planning to add.