Industrial control panels
In a plant, the electrical system is production equipment. Quik Wire Electric handles control panels across Des Plaines and 24 Illinois counties. Licensed, insured, permitted where it needs to be.
- Licensed
Illinois electrical contractor license. The work passes inspection.
- Insured
Full coverage on every job, residential through municipal.
- 24/7
No power, burning smell, breaker that will not hold. We answer.
- Permits pulled
We pull permits where they apply and stay through the inspection.
What control panels involves
In a plant, the electrical system is production equipment. The work starts with finding out what is actually there. With control panels, 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
Motor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution. Most of these calls come from Des Plaines and the surrounding suburbs, but we take them anywhere in our service area.
It comes up most during a remodel. The walls are open, the old wiring is right there, and it is the cheapest moment the building will ever give you to fix what is behind them. Once the drywall is back, the same repair costs more.
How we do it
Straight to the point: we find the problem, fix it to code and leave the space as clean as we found it. Anything that needs a permit gets one, and gets inspected.
What changes with an older building
Buildings in this part of Illinois cover about a century of wiring practice. Knob-and-tube in the oldest, cloth-insulated branch circuits after that, aluminum wiring in a stretch of the sixties and seventies, and modern copper since. Each one fails differently and each one has its own repair path.
We look at what is actually in the walls before quoting, because guessing from the year the house was built is how people end up with a surprise halfway through.
Who actually shows up
The person who shows up is a licensed electrician who works for us. No subcontracted crew you have never heard of. Small jobs get the same people as large ones, start to finish.
When you book, we tell you who is coming. On the day, if we are going to miss the window, you get a call before it closes, so nobody wastes an afternoon waiting.
What the permit actually buys you
A permit puts the work on the public record for the address. When the building changes hands, that record is evidence the electrical was done and checked. Without it, a buyer's inspector treats everything they find as suspect.
It also means the work was sized and installed to the code edition in force, not to whatever was normal when the building went up.
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.
What to do before we arrive
Leave the panel cover on. Flipping a breaker is fine. Taking the dead front off to look inside is not, because the service conductors at the top stay live even with the main off. We will open it when we get there.
Tell us what was plugged in when it happened and roughly what time it was. The more specific you are, the faster we find it.
We tell you what is wrong before we tell you what it costs.
How the job runs
- Step 1
Call
You talk to an electrician. Tell us what is happening and we tell you whether it is urgent.
- Step 2
Diagnose
We find the actual fault. Not a guess, and not a rewire you did not need.
- Step 3
Price
You get the number before the work starts, in writing.
- Step 4
Permit
Where the village requires one, we pull it. That is on us, not on you.
- Step 5
Install
Licensed and insured, to code, cleaned up behind us.
- Step 6
Inspect
We meet the inspector and we sign off. You get the documentation.
Other industrial work
Related services we handle with the same crew.
- Industrial electrical contractingMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
- Factory electricalMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
- Manufacturing electricalMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
- Warehouse electricalMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
- Distribution center electricalMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
- Industrial machinery wiringMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
- Industrial motor controlsMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
- Motor startersMotor controls, machinery wiring, 480V systems and plant distribution.
Control panels, done on the record
Nothing off the books. If the village needs a permit, it gets filed, and the job is not finished until it passes inspection.
Control panels questions
Do you handle control panels in Des Plaines?
Yes. Control panels is work we do regularly out of our Des Plaines shop, and we cover 24 counties across Illinois. Call and we will tell you when we can be there.
Is the work permitted and inspected?
Where the village or city requires a permit, we pull it and we meet the inspector. You get the documentation when the job closes.
How soon can you start?
Scheduled work usually starts within a few days, slower only if a permit or a part is holding it up. Emergencies get seen the same day.
Are you licensed for this?
Yes, licensed and insured on every call. The company holds an Illinois electrical contractor license, and the electricians who show up work under it.
What does it cost?
It varies too much by job to quote blind. A loose connection and a panel change are different jobs entirely. We come out, find the actual problem, and give you a firm written price for fixing it. No work starts until you agree to it.
Where we work
We cover 527 municipalities across 24 counties.
- Des Plaines, ILControl panels in Des Plaines and the rest of Cook County.
- Wheeling, ILControl panels in Wheeling and the rest of Cook County.
Need control panels?
Call (224) 245-6038. You get an electrician, not a call center.
Want to see the work first? Look through the gallery, or tell us what is happening.