Electrical Panel Upgrade, Service & Repair

Is your home’s electrical service panel outdated or malfunctioning? Don’t wait any longer to address the problem!

Call Dollens Electric today and let our team of skilled electricians repair or replace your panel. Our fast, reliable service will keep your system up and running quickly.

Outdated panels can lead to higher energy costs, and an overworked system can cause even more severe issues. That’s why acting now is crucial, such as contacting Dollens Electric for an inspection or repair. Our team of experts is here to guide you through the process and provide you with the best solution.

At Dollens Electric, we understand the stress that electrical issues can cause for homeowners. That’s why we’re committed to providing fast, reliable service whenever you need us. So why wait?

Call us today at (408)929-6100 to schedule an appointment and take the first step towards a safer and more efficient home.

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Dollens Electric

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karen johnson

Great service -- all of the above

Response from the owner: Thank you for your review! We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with our service. Your satisfaction is our top priority! If you have any further questions or need assistance in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

Ken McConnell

Paul Y

Very thorough and informative whole house fan, chandelier and kitchen hood thru roof job. Josh explained in details and provided suggestions to protect my old circuits also.

Katie Taylor

Wanted to replace very old track lighting in living room with can lights. Submitted an estimate request on a Sunday night, Jason came out first thing Monday morning to check out the project and provided a timely and reasonable estimate later that day and followed up with a phone call. Work was completed today, one week later! Josh, Elijah, and Ricky were respectful of our home, took great care to keep things clean and were very pleasant. I don't know why we put this project off for so long! We finally have decent lighting in our living room! Will definitely use Dollens Electric for any future home projects/maintenance!

Response from the owner: Thanks for the review Katie! It was a pleasure to work with you as well!

Renee Lewis

Response from the owner: Thank you for your kind rating, Renee! We are thrilled to hear about your positive experience with Dollens Electric. If you ever need assistance with anything electrical in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Dick mendoza

Punctual and thorough service with helpful future maintenance ideas.?

Response from the owner: Thank you for your feedback, We are always here to provide helpful maintenance ideas for the future. Your satisfaction is our priority!

Don M.

I highly recommend Dollen Electric. I called two other electricians and left a message to call back. They never did. However, Dolan Electric immediately...

Trustworthy very much describes Dollens Electric. Jason and his team including Josh and Elijah are reliable, honest, and efficient. I have used Dollens for major and small jobs and they stand by their work and rightfully so. Don't be fooled by cheap quotes that lure you in with the thought of getting major work done for a cheap cheap price. You get what you pay for and with Dollens, you get a great job for a fair price. Dollens is my go-to electrician.

Response from the owner: Thank you for your kind words! We are delighted to hear about your positive experience with our team at Dollens Electric. We take pride in being reliable, honest, and efficient in every job, big or small. Your satisfaction is our top priority, and we appreciate your trust in us. We look forward to serving you again in the future.

Justin K.

Trustworthy very much describes Dollens Electric. Jason and his team including Josh and Elijah are reliable, honest, and efficient. I have used Dollens for...

Matushree Jayadevi Charity USA

Response from the owner: Thank you so much for the 5-star rating! We are glad to hear that you had a positive experience with our services. If you have any electrical needs in the future, feel free to reach out to us.

Val

Very professional and friendly.

Aximu Aierken

This guys are great! I got some problems with my electric and called them, they just led me do something with it, figured out my problem just a minute, I didn’t spend anything, thanks

Response from the owner: Dear Aximu Aierken, Thank you for your kind words! We're glad to hear that you had a great experience with us. Our team at Dollens Electric is always ready to help with any electrical problems. If you ever need assistance in the future, don't hesitate to give us a call. Thanks again!

Bruce Fox

Response from the owner: Thank you so much for your positive rating! We appreciate your support and we're glad that you had a great experience with Dollens Electric. If you have any electrical needs in the future, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're always here to help!

Hyun-Sook Park

Knowledgeable, effective, and efficient !!Excellent communication and professional!Highly recommend!Jason seemed to know the possible cause for the problem when I told him that the parts of the house were losing power gradually, and he was right!! He came out on the same day and fixed the problem (burnt crimp in junction box in the garage) within an hour!! Excellent!

Response from the owner: Thank you for your kind words! We are glad to hear that you had a positive experience with our services. Our team at Dollens Electric strives to provide knowledgeable, effective, and efficient service. We are glad that Jason was able to identify and fix the problem promptly. If you have any further electrical needs, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Lauren Couff

Prompt, and they explained everything in detail

Response from the owner: Thank you for your kind words! We take pride in our prompt service and strive to ensure that our customers fully understand the work being done. We appreciate your feedback and hope you will reach out with any future electrical needs.

Richie M.

Thank You , Jason & Joshua for your professional electrical service for replacing my outdated challenger electrical panel ! Just wanna let everyone know ,...

Rob V.

I have been using Dollens for all my electric work (both repair and installation) in my house for over five years. They work well and quickly, offer...

Farah Desai

I have used Dollens for a few projects. The staff is excellent. Always on time and accommodating. The work is perfect. I would trust Dollens Electric for any electrical project.

Response from the owner: Thank you for your kind words, Farah! We are delighted to hear that you have had a positive experience with Dollens Electric. Our team takes great pride in providing excellent service and being punctual and accommodating. We appreciate your trust in us for your electrical projects.

Linda Merrifield

Great experiece with Dollens knowledgeable professionals !
They went above board to make sure every thing was done to perfection !

Joel Rinsky

Professional, fair pricing, and stayed late to get complete the job. Excellent workmanship and could not recommend more.

Matt Ginsberg

These guys are great. Had power fail at one of our outbuildings; they offered to come fix it on Xmas eve but I said after Christmas was fine. They came out on time, got it fixed, all good. Highly recommended!

Scott Williamson

Excellent service & very competitive pricing. Would definitely use Dollens again & recommend them to others.

Michele Carnahan

Excellent service with courteous and knowledgeable men

Vivek

They have helped us a couple of times now. Will continue to use them going forward.

Elvira Braun

Ben Yu

I apologize for leaving a 1 star review earlier. I wanted to leave a review for another electrician service with similar name.

Response from the owner: I apologize for your poor experience. But I believe you maybe confusing us with another company. We have not provided an estimate or service to Ben Yu.

Charles Coachman

The guys who came out listened to what I wanted to get done and got right on it. I’m very pleased with their work. More business to come!

Craig Warp

Very pleasant and professional, but very expensive for 20 minutes of work.

Stacey Olgado

Chris B.

Dollens Electric is exceptional. They give an accurate read on what needsto be done. They are a safety-first companythat shows up energetic & work...

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Marquita Wright

Amazing experience with Jason! Prompt, quick, and knowledgeable. He helped me resolve an electrical issue within minutes! If I ever need help in the future, he’ll be the first person I call!

Alfredo Boron

Great experience, Jason was professional, courtesy and knowledgeable and was able to address our issue. He also advised us on how to better safeguard our home. Thank you

James Lee Lucier

Very easy to work with. Good suggestions were offered. Work is always first-rate.

May Villanueva Woodward

Josh & Elijah did excellent work in replacing our electric panel. They were polite, professional & answered any questions I had. The work area was cleaned after they left. They even cleaned out my rain gutter & spout - above & beyond service!!

M W.

Josh & Elijah replaced our electrical panel. They were both professional & answered any questions I had. Their work area was cleaned after they were done....

Trajan Market

Arrived on time and very capable with the installation and fixes

Response from the owner: Thank You Trajan Market. Working with you guys was great. We look forward to the next project.

Stacie Puma

Dollen's Electric are our one-stop shop for anything electrical! Great family business! Give them yours!

Response from the owner: Stacie, Thank You. We appreciate your support and great review. You're awesome.

Levy Zamora Jr.

We recently bought a vehicle and I contacted Jason and he came right away. The next day his son Josh, cousin Elijah, and their friend came by to install our 240 volt outlet with precision and quality. I would go to them again.

Response from the owner: Thank you. We are so glad you are happy with our work. We really appreciate the review.

Joel Zizmor

Highly efficient service. Provided the best solution to charge our new Tesla avoiding purchase of a costly charger. Installed a 50amp line and outlet. Highly recommended.

Response from the owner: Thanks Joel! You guys enjoy that new car!

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Chris Griffith

We had a great experience with Dollens Electric—they helped us replace old wiring, install new outlets, and install bathroom fans in our home (including adding the vents through the roof). They were very personable and easy to talk to, and it was easy to see that they put a lot of care into their work. We're looking forward to working with them again soon!

Cynthia Berglund

Leslie Aytch

The work was completed as contracted. They were very professional nice.

James Lowry

They are simply the best. Polite, on time, communicative, and always ready to help with even mundane concerns. I’ll never use another electrician. Jason and his team are the gold standard.

Response from the owner: Thank you so much James. It is always a pleasure.

L Jand

Dollens Electric has helped me on several occasions. I highly recommend them.

Response from the owner: It was good to see you again! You are very nice and easy to work for. I hope you get to see those grandkids soon!

Joel Z.

Installed a whole house fan that is quiet and effective. Greatly reduces A/C cost. Workers are fast and efficient and cleaned up 100%. Quality products.

Matthew McCormick

This is the second time we've used Dollens, first being when they upgraded the wiring to the entire house. This time they installed an isolated circuit in our garage and some can lighting. Even though it was a smaller job, they treated it just as importantly as the bigger job.They answered all our questions, let us know and talk through our options and didn't do any additional work without letting us know and approve the price difference for our requests, rather than telling us at the end of the job.A+ work!

Response from the owner: Thanks Mathew. You and your wife were great to work for. I still want to steal your dog!

Lynne Baldwin

We had a ceiling fixture out. Jason came on out and diagnosed the problem and got it repaired very promptly. Courteous and friendly.

Response from the owner: Thanks Lynne! It was a pleasure to met you!

UthayDeepak Ka

Response from the owner: Deepak! Thanks for the review. I got to say you held your cool. It is mid December and we had to replace a major costly piece of your electrical system right before Christmas! Because you were so level headed you made it a pleasure to work for you. Thanks and Happy Hollidays!

Sriram Rao

Response from the owner: It was a pleasure working for you, Thanks for the review! Josh and Elijah mentioned how smart and energetic your son is almost every time they came back to the shop!

Khanh Nguyen

Professional, on time service. High quality work. Definitely will use again.

Response from the owner: Thank you Khanh, I am glad we have such great customers to work with.

LYNN HASTINGS

Excellent. Whenever I again need electrical assistance Dollens is the one I'll call.

Response from the owner: Thank you Lynn.

Dennise Carter

Response from the owner: Thank you Denise. It is always a pleasure to work with you.

Maggie Brady

Update 9/2020 - Upgraded some thermostat wiring for me with a difficult routing. Professional and quick.Update - Jason and Josh again came through for me. In the midst of a heat wave, they were able to come to the other end of the county and fix an electrical problem at my mother's house. Got the outlets for the portable AC and lift chair back working and made the wiring safer to boot.Original - Could not ask for better. Jason installed a new 40 amp circuit and an EVo charger for our car. (No more slow 110 charging. Yeah!) While working in our breaker panel he noted a dangerous situation left by a previous contractor who upgraded our air conditioning.(Side note kind of disappointing the inspector didn't notice that the other contractor put in a bigger breaker on a wire that was too small. Luckily the wire insulation had just started to bubble and it didn't catch fire.)Within a week they were able to fit us in to replace the faulty circuit as well as rewire our garage lighting to eliminate some creative but scary runs of extension cords and re-purposed outlets. Now I have bright lights and when I look up, I don't see wires draped everywhere.We connected with Jason of Dollens Electric through our equally excellent general contractor Dan Mackey. (Who by the way had nothing to do with the faulty circuit or the creative garage lighting.)Lastly a thank you to Jason's son Josh who got to do the crawling under the house.

Response from the owner: We could not ask for better customers. We are looking forward to their next project!!!Thanks Maggie and Jim!!!

Dana Asaro

Response from the owner: Thank you Dana, we appreciate you and your feed back.

Cyndie Tomlinson

I've had a few projects done by Dollens..would highly recommend them...very trustworthy & professional

Response from the owner: Thanks Cyndie! Call us anytime, you're a great customer! I hope you and your Neighbor Dave's Work we completed last you two a long time! Good Job with the lights BTW.

Lindsay Deauville

Jason always does a great job, thanks

Response from the owner: Thank you Lindsay. It’s always great to see you.

Matt Dobilas

I had Dollens come out to bid on installing a standby generator and they were friendly, on time, and professional. They walked me through options, explained what they were looking out and why and asked lots of follow up questions to make sure i was getting a bid for everything i wanted and needed.

Public Brady

These guys are the best. Very knowledgeable when troubleshooting old problems from less capable electricians who were here for prior owners. Installed a new outlet in my hardwood floor that looks beautiful along with solving our "where to put the lamp" problem. Lastly wired up a cat6 network allowing us to move our router/hub into a closet off my desk.Call/use them; you won't be sorry.

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Lee Wong

On time, explains the work so you will understand what was done and why.

Amy Tamura

Jason, Josh, and Elijah were prompt, considerate, professional, trustworthy, and kind. The work for our recessed lighting project was done quickly and with care, precision, and high quality. Jason was very thorough in explaining what they had done and why. I would have no reservations with them and highly recommend them!

Jim L.

This company is great. They were always on time and great at communicating both time estimates and costs. They are very thorough, knew current codes inside...

When should you upgrade your panel ?

Regular electrical maintenance appointments are essential to ensure panel electrical safety and efficiency. We are here to help and support you with all you may require to maintain your electric energy. Call today to schedule an appointment if:

Your panel is 25 years older.
Consider alternative options if modern arc fault circuit breakers are incompatible with your electrical panel.
If you require more space to accommodate new equipment like an electric vehicle charging station or AC unit
Older electrical panels, such as Zinsco, Federal Pacific, Stab Lock, and Challenger, no longer work as designed and may pose a risk of electrical fire.

Main Electrical Panel

The main electrical panel is the point through which electricity enters a building. It comprises an electric meter, main circuit breaker, and possibly smaller individual “branch circuit” circuit breakers. In some cases, depending on the builder or size of the home, the central panel may serve as the only electrical panel in the house.

Typically, the electrical panel in a house will be located on an outside wall. The power company delivers the power to a house through overhead or underground wires. Common locations for overhead-fed main panels are the side of the home closest to the utility overhead wires. Usually, underground-fed panels are on the side of the home, close to the front.

Apartments and Condominiums

The main electrical panels for managing the electricity and other utilities in apartments and condos may be located in a cabinet or closet on the exterior of the building, or they could be present in the underground garage. It is the responsibility of the Home Owners Association (HOA) to maintain them. The lifespan of these panels varies significantly based on the brand and installation methods used during their setup.

What is an Electrical Subpanel

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A subpanel is a component of a house’s electrical system that holds branch circuits that power various appliances, plugs, and lights in a specific house area. House subpanels are essential for distributing electricity from the main panel to different areas of the house. They can be found in garages, laundry rooms, hallways, bedrooms, basements, or pantries.

Outdoor subpanels provide electricity to outdoor equipment such as air conditioning units, swimming pools, and outdoor cooking areas. They are usually attached to the outside walls of a house and differ from the main electrical panel. These subpanels prevent electrical issues and ensure that outdoor facilities have the necessary power supply.

Hiring a licensed professional electrician to install and operate subpanels is essential. They should follow local government rules related to building and safety, and adding subpanels around your home can save you money on your electrical project. You can place a subpanel where most of the wiring is to distribute electricity to the necessary areas.

Having multiple subpanels in different places is helpful because it eliminates the need to walk far to fix a tripped breaker, saving time and energy in the long run.

Safety Switches

Safety switches, also known as disconnects, are devices used to isolate electrical circuits and prevent the flow of electricity to equipment. They can be found near large appliances, such as outdoor AC units, and may contain circuit breakers or fuses.

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Electrical Grounding

Ensuring that older and improperly installed electrical panels are adequately grounded is essential. The chance of receiving a dangerous electric shock from the panel’s metal parts is higher without proper grounding.

Electricity flows from the source to the appliance through wires; sometimes, a faulty current can accidentally enter the ground. Ensuring proper grounding of your home’s electricity is crucial to prevent potential dangers. This allows any issues to be directed into the ground, preventing harm to your home.