Archive for January 2012

This old Meter base, had an electrical short…..fortunately there was no electrical fire! if you look closely at the top center of the meter base you can see that the wires are discolored and blown completely through. the meter base also dark black and discolored because of the electrical short. PSE disconnected the power to…

The 2 inch rigid mast on top of this meter base was ripped completely off.  It landed about 20 feet away! The amazing thing was, it happened with such force, it yanked the “guts” right out of the inside of the meter base. If you look closely you can still see the connections from the…

The ice storm broke branches with enough force to rip this service and even the meter base right of the house. We completely reinstalled the service, in one day over the weekend, and Pse had them reconnected the next day.

During Seattle’s terrible Jan 19th ice storm there was widespread damage to overhead electrical wires. This homeowner called after a tree branch smashed and destroyed the wires feeding power to their home. This old style 100 amp meter base doesnt meet current code and must be upgraded as part ofthe repair in almost all cases.…

With no other options, we relocated the electrical panel from behind the fridge in the kitchen to the outside of the house. We are great at coming up with creative solutions. The home owner told us that we were 1000 dollars less than the competition.

Tree branches fell on the utility power lines at East Hill Optometry. It was hit so hard it bent the steel mast!  We performed the repairs that same day. We pulled the permit and passed with flying colors the next day.

What a crazy ice storm! Washington Electric equips its vehicles with snow tires during the winter to serve our customers no matter how bad the weather may get. Out on the roads we saw much of this damage first hand. SEATTLE — Gov. Chris Gregoire issued a State of Emergency Thursday after snow, ice and…