This problem had been going on for Weeks, with the customer spending both time and money trying to locate the problem. In less than one hour found a very serious arcing fault in the cable. A bad connection developed on the roof at the overhead service drop. It melted through...
Category: Residential
Generator connection that is Better than a manual transfer switch
notice on the picture that any breaker can be used during an outage. This person is ready for the next power outage.
200 amp service upgrade
The existing service had the old style cloth covered SE (service entrance) cable. It's hard to believe that it was ever allowed to run unfused 100 amp wire stapled directly to the wood siding. Yet years ago the code allowed this. We upgraded the service to 200 amps. A safe...
Emergency electrical repair
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....
the most violent residential electrical storm damage
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...
This 200amp electrical service was ripped right off the house!
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.
Electrical mast broken in half
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...
200 amp service upgrade
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.
Overhead Mast repair
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.
The infamous Seattle ice storm.Widespread power outages Jan 2012
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...