What dedicated circuit installation involves

Homeowners usually call us after something stops working twice. The work starts with finding out what is actually there. With dedicated circuit installation, that means looking at the existing wiring, the panel capacity and whatever the last person left behind.

It starts with a look at the panel and the circuits involved. From there we tell you what has to be done, what can wait and what was never a problem at all.

Where this comes up

Panels, rewires, outlets, lighting and the circuits behind everything in a house. Most of these calls come from Des Plaines and the surrounding suburbs, but we take them anywhere in our service area.

Older buildings in this part of Illinois were wired to a different standard. Aluminum branch circuits, knob-and-tube in the walls, panels that were full the day they were installed. Those turn up constantly and they change the job.

How we do it

Quik Wire Electric has 3 years in business and 10 years of electrical experience behind it. The work goes in to code, gets tested and comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Why it usually cannot wait

Electrical problems do not stay the same size. A loose connection heats up, the heat oxidizes the metal, the oxidized metal raises the resistance, and the resistance makes more heat. That loop runs in one direction only and it ends at a scorched box.

If something is tripping, buzzing, warm to the touch or smells like hot plastic, that is the system telling you where the problem is while it is still cheap to fix.

How we quote it

Pricing a job means knowing what the service can carry, what shape the existing wiring is in and what the permit will require. None of that can be answered without somebody standing in front of the equipment.

In writing and itemized against the scope we both agreed on. That way, if the scope changes, it is obvious what changed and why, and nothing moves until you have said yes.

Code, permits and inspection

Generators and transfer switches draw extra attention from inspectors, because a bad install can push power back into the utility lines. Expect a permit and an inspection on those even in places that are relaxed about smaller work, and expect us to handle both.

We deal with whichever jurisdiction the job sits in. We pull the permit, we schedule the inspection, and we are there when the inspector walks it. You get the paperwork at the end, which matters when you sell the building or when an insurer asks.

Copper, aluminum and what is in your walls

Aluminum branch wiring went into a lot of houses in the late sixties and early seventies. It is not automatically dangerous, but it expands and contracts more than copper, which loosens terminations over time, and it needs devices and connectors rated for it.

The repair is usually not a full rewire. Proper connectors at every termination, done thoroughly, solves most of it. Anybody quoting you a whole-house rewire on sight has not looked.

When to stop and call

If something electrical is giving off heat or a smell, stop using the circuit and call. A fault you can sense from across the room is already past the early stage.

Lights that brighten in one room while they dim in another point to a loose neutral, often at the service or the panel. That one can push high voltage into anything plugged in. Turn off sensitive equipment and call the same day.