What we do — and how we do it.

If your home still has 100-amp service, you're working with infrastructure sized for a 1960s electrical load — before EV chargers, home offices, induction ranges, and central air all running simultaneously. A 200-amp upgrade gives you room to grow and eliminates the fire risk of chronically overloaded circuits.

Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels and Zinsco panels have well-documented failure histories: breakers that don't trip under overload, creating a serious fire risk. They're routinely flagged during home inspections, and increasingly flagged by insurance companies. We pull your old panel, install a new Square D or Eaton loadcenter, bring your service entrance up to current code, and schedule the final inspection — so there's a paper trail for your insurer and your future buyers.

We coordinate with ComEd for the meter pull and walk you through what the inspector will look at before we leave the job.

• 100A to 200A upgrade
• Federal Pacific replacement
• Zinsco replacement
• Subpanel installation
• Service entrance upgrade
• ComEd coordination
• Code compliance throughout

Typical timeline: Most panel upgrades are completed in one day. Permit approval from the municipality takes 1–3 business days before we can schedule the work.

A Level 2 charger runs on 240 volts and adds 15 to 30 miles of range per hour — meaning a full charge overnight, every night. That's the difference between plugging in at 4 miles per hour from a standard outlet (which most people eventually give up on) and actually taking advantage of owning an EV.

We assess your panel's available capacity, run a dedicated 50-amp circuit from your panel to the garage or driveway, and install the charger of your choice. We schedule the inspection and make sure everything is wired to the NFPA 70 standard for EV circuits. If you haven't picked a charger yet, we're happy to give you a recommendation based on your vehicle and your garage layout — we've installed Chargepoint, Grizzl-E, JuiceBox, and hardwired Tesla Wall Connectors.

If your panel is at capacity, we'll let you know upfront and can discuss a panel upgrade as part of the same project.

• 50-amp dedicated circuit
• Hardwired or NEMA 14-50
• Garage or exterior install
• Any charger brand
• Panel capacity assessment
• Tesla, Chargepoint, JuiceBox

Typical timeline: Most EV charger installs are a half-day job. If a panel upgrade is needed first, we can usually schedule both within the same week.

Knob-and-tube wiring was installed in most homes built between 1880 and 1950. It has no ground wire, relies on open air for cooling (which insulation defeats), and deteriorates badly over 70-plus years. Aluminum wiring from the 1960s and '70s creates connections that loosen and arc over time as the metal expands and contracts. Both are liabilities — on home inspections, with insurance companies, and in your walls.

A full rewire replaces all the branch-circuit wiring in your home with modern grounded cable, terminates at a new panel, and leaves every outlet, switch, and fixture properly grounded and AFCI-protected. We plan the work carefully to minimize disruption: protecting woodwork where possible, leaving clean access for your drywall crew where we can't avoid opening walls, and keeping the home livable through the process. Typical homes in Naperville and Wheaton run 3–5 days for a rewire, depending on size and layout.

We coordinate with your municipality and schedule the rough-in and final inspections. You get a completed inspection card at the end — documentation that matters at resale.

• Knob-and-tube replacement
• Aluminum wiring remediation
• Full panel replacement
• Grounded circuits throughout
• AFCI protection per code
• Smoke detector integration
• Drywall coordination

Typical timeline: 3–6 days depending on home size. We can provide a detailed scope and schedule during the free estimate.

Recessed lighting done right is about planning before the first hole gets cut. We help you think through can placement, spacing, and color temperature so the room looks intentional and the light does what you actually want it to do. We handle the rough-in, run the circuits, install the fixtures, and wire the dimmers. There's a difference between a lighting project that's done and one that looks like it was always meant to be there.

For ceiling fans, the box in your ceiling needs to be rated for the fan's weight — most old work boxes aren't. We install proper bracing and a fan-rated box before the fan goes up, so it doesn't wobble or work itself loose over time. We wire single-control and dual-control (fan speed and light separate), and can run a new switched circuit if your room doesn't already have ceiling power.

We also install under-cabinet lighting, pendant fixtures, exterior lighting, motion sensors, and 3-way and 4-way switch wiring. If you've got a project that's more complex than swapping a fixture — give us a call.

• Recessed lighting (LED)
• Dimmer switches
• Ceiling fan install & bracing
• Under-cabinet lighting
• Pendant & chandelier wiring
• 3-way switch wiring
• Exterior & motion lighting
• New circuits as needed

Typical timeline: Lighting projects vary widely. A 6-can living room is often a one-day job; a multi-room project with new circuits may take 2–3 days.

If you're using power strips to handle your kitchen's load, or your garage outlets trip every time you plug in an air compressor, the fix isn't a better power strip. GFCI outlets protect against ground faults in wet areas — kitchens, bathrooms, garages, and outdoors. AFCI protection guards against arc faults in living spaces and is now required by the NEC in bedrooms and most living areas. Both are safety upgrades, and most older homes in DuPage County are missing one or both.

We add circuits where you need them, move outlets to where they actually make sense, replace two-prong ungrounded receptacles, and install dedicated circuits for refrigerators, chest freezers, workshop equipment, and other high-draw appliances that shouldn't share a circuit. If you want USB-A or USB-C outlets in the kitchen or home office, we've put in plenty of those too.

Smaller jobs are welcome. We're not too busy for a couple of outlets and a GFCI upgrade — and those small jobs are often how we become the electricians a family calls for the next 20 years.

• GFCI outlet upgrades
• AFCI breaker installation
• USB-A / USB-C outlets
• Dedicated appliance circuits
• Outlet addition & relocation
• Two-prong to grounded upgrade
• 240V appliance circuits
• Workshop & garage circuits

Typical timeline: A GFCI upgrade or outlet addition is usually 2–4 hours. Larger circuit work is quoted by scope.

The western suburbs lose power during ice storms and derecho events every few years — sometimes for days. A transfer switch is what makes a generator actually useful: it safely connects your generator to your home's wiring without back-feeding the utility grid, which protects both you and the lineworkers trying to restore your power.

For portable generators, we install a manual transfer switch with an inlet box on the exterior of your home. You plug in, flip the switch, and your selected circuits have power. For standby generators — the whole-home units that start automatically within seconds of an outage — we handle the full electrical tie-in to your load panel, including the automatic transfer switch installation. We've worked with Generac, Kohler, Briggs & Stratton, and Cummins units, and we coordinate the inspection for every installation.

If you already have a generator and you've been using an extension cord to run things directly, let us put in a proper inlet so you can do this safely.

• Manual transfer switch
• Automatic standby tie-in
• Generator inlet box
• Generac / Kohler / Briggs
• Load calculation
• Critical circuits selection

Typical timeline: A manual transfer switch installation is usually a half-day. Standby generator tie-in is a full day and may require a panel assessment first.