Panel upgrades · Service entrances
Electrical panel upgrade in Montreal
Your panel decides what your home can safely run. We replace fuse boxes, upgrade 100 amp service to 200, and enlarge service entrances across Greater Montreal. Diagnosed on site, priced firm before the work starts.
- Since 2007
- RBQ 8351-6120-43
- CMEQ member
- 24/7
The work
What a panel upgrade includes
Panel work is rarely one job. Depending on the house it means the box, the breakers, the grounding, or the whole service entrance. All of it is ours, from the diagnosis to the paperwork.
Fuse box replacement
The fuses come out. A modern breaker panel goes in, every circuit labeled so you know what feeds what.
100 amp to 200 amp upgrades
Capacity for what your home draws now: an EV charger, electric heating, a spa. Sized from a real load calculation.
Service entrance enlargement
The mast, meter base and conductors that feed your panel, enlarged or built new. The part most electricians will not touch.
Breaker panel replacement
A panel that is full, aging or unreliable is changed for one with room for the circuits you will add next.
Grounding brought to code
Earth grounding and ground protection circuits verified and corrected. The quiet half of a safe panel.
Load calculation first
We measure what your home actually draws before recommending a size. Nothing is sold before that number exists.
At its limit
Signs your panel is at its limit
Most panels were sized for the house they were installed in, not the one you live in now. An EV charger in the garage, electric heating in every room, a spa on the patio: the draw adds up, and the panel is where it all meets.
There is an insurance side too. Some Quebec insurers now refuse to issue or renew a home policy where a fuse box, aluminum wiring or missing grounding is on file. A panel upgrade with proper grounding closes that file, and if the house also has aluminum wiring, we assess it in the same visit.
And if something in the panel is sparking or smells like burning right now, treat it as an emergency. The emergency line is answered 24 hours a day.
Breakers trip and trip again
A breaker that will not hold is protecting you from something. Find out what.
Lights flicker when appliances start
The classic sign of a service working at its ceiling.
Sizzling or buzzing from the panel
Electricity should be silent. Sound means a failing connection.
Burning smell, hot or discolored outlets
Cut the power at the panel and call now. This one does not wait.
The panel is full
No free slots left for the circuits you want to add.
An EV charger, heating or a spa is coming
The load is about to jump. Size the panel before it arrives.
Three steps, one plan
How it works
You call
A licensed master electrician answers, day or night. Describe the house and what you want it to run.
We diagnose and price
On site, we assess the panel, the grounding and the service entrance, run the load calculation, and give you a firm price before any work starts.
Fixed to code
Replaced, grounded, tested and declared the way the code requires. Licensed, insured, code-compliant work.
Straight answers
Panel upgrade questions
Do I need to go from 100 amps to 200 amps?
Not always. Amperage is simply how much power your home can draw at once, and a 100 amp service still fits many homes. It stops fitting when an EV charger, electric heating or a spa arrives. We run the load calculation first, then tell you plainly which size your home needs.
My house still has a fuse box. Do I have to replace it?
You can keep one running, but it works against you. Spare fuses get harder to find every year, and some Quebec insurers now refuse to issue or renew a home policy over a fuse box. Replacing it with a grounded breaker panel ends both problems.
Will my power be off during the work?
For part of it, yes. A panel or a service entrance cannot be changed live. We plan the shutdown with you, coordinate the disconnection and reconnection with Hydro-Québec when the service entrance is involved, and give you the schedule before work starts.
What does an electrical panel upgrade cost in Montreal?
We do not publish a number, because two houses rarely need the same work. The size of the service, the state of the entrance and the grounding all change the price. What we commit to: a firm price after the on-site diagnosis, before any work starts, with no surprise invoices.
Real clients · verbatim
A few undetectable surprises came up and Noam was clear with the issue and worked hard to come to a cost effective solution where I feel some other electricians would have been quick to sell me on the idea of changing my panel at a significant cost to me.
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SAFETY. GUARANTEED. PERIOD.
One panel, sized for everything your home runs. In English or in French, a licensed master electrician answers.