Hampton, GA Electrical Service And Repairs

Water heater troubleshooting

Installed new breaker for furnace

Customer had tripped breaker and no heat. Upon arrival found indoor unit breaker tripped. Breaker is 60 amp breaker and has 7.5kw. System pulling 40 amps. This is not enough to trip a breaker. So while digging deeper we found 60 amp breaker for indoor unit is very hot. This is likely the reason her breaker is tripping due to overheating. Customer agreed to have electrical out to inspect. Customer also wanted to sign up for home care.

came out to a no heat 2020 system. After diagnosing the system I found that the high pressure safety switch has been bypassed. Found the system was low on refrigerant. I hook up gauges to system and found the pressures were equal and the compressor was not running. Used meter to check voltage found the capacitor was good Check continuity on the compressor and found that the compressor is bad. we offered the customer options as well as suggested having and install supervisor come for estimates. called trane for warranty and parts. unit under warranty compressor in stock. pressure switch 5-7 days out. compressor- Com11968 pressure switch - swt03712

The bare minimum basic repairs to get the system running today. Installed new gas valve to single system home out of warranty. System is now heating properly. Cleared drain line with pump and 2 gallons of water.

Installed three new dual function breakers

Installed timer switch for outdoor lights. Installed new transformer for landscape lighting. Redid connections on torn landscape wire and buried landscape wiring.

Surge protector install

Performed diagnostic on 2yr old carrier heat pump, upon arrival customer stated tstats was blank, checked both tstats found no low voltage, upon going in attic found blown fuse, replaced fuse instantly blew again, checked all low voltage wires at air handler, found no issues, went to outdoor unit , checked capacitor, contactor, checked low voltage wires all checked ok, went back to air handler inspected uv light, in hooked uv light and replaced fuse, unit started up and ran ok, plugged uv light back up fuse blew, explained to customer he had a failed uv light , gave option to replace, customer approved, installed new blue tube and secured all wires, started unit back up checked pressures and temp split, all checked ok, spoke with customer about TE flood protection, as well as home care plan, customer will think about home care and give us a call, unit working properly at time

Troubleshoot for power issues throughout home. Service side of meter is only getting 103v on one leg and 142 v on the other leg, called her power company and put in a ticket to fix. Other issue is the lightning struck that affected her internal system. There are 16 breakers that are malfunctioning, 11 auto trip and don’t stay on, the other 7 the test function isn’t working therefore the internal mechanism has failed. In order to verify that the lightning strike didn’t affect the wiring, a megohmmeter test is necessary to verify the integrity of the wires. Breaker replacement can only be warrantied if megohmmeter test is completed.

Troubleshoot for power off in basement, issue was with a melted switch in laundry room, two bad GFCI devices and old afci breakers.

Troubleshooting/ mounting tv & adding outlets

Customer stated no heat and weird noise. Upon inspection found dirty evap and condenser. Also notice no filter. System has weak airflow. Heat strip pulling 40 amps. Duct work is run all over the place with a lot of it being pinched and a lot of Ys which can cause weak airflow. Found a bad outdoor capacitor. Put one on to further test system and found system not circulating pressures properly. Based off pressures customer has a clogged piston or stuck piston. Would need to recover all refrigerant, replace filter dryer, clean piston, and recharge system. Created quotes to of all repairs done. Presented to customer. Highly recommended customer replace system due to cost of repair and older 410 refrigerant. Customer decided to have install supervisor out to receive a new system quote.

Installed a customer-supplied Tesla Wall Connector in the garage adjacent to the electrical panel. Performed a detailed load calculation on the dwelling to verify the electrical system could safely support the continuous load of the charger. Completed the installation in accordance with Tesla and NEC requirements, then commissioned the charger through the Tesla One app and submitted warranty documentation to Tesla. Verified proper operation by testing with the customer’s vehicle; charging performance confirmed at the expected rate.

As we arrived today, Robert said he had a funny sound coming out of his electrical panel. After we removed the panel cover, we heard the sound on multiple occasions. We finally traced it down to the two AFCI breakers in the bottom right corner of the panel. I tried to manually trip both of them. One of them would trip after a few seconds the other one would not trip at all. When it did, it was making the sound that was pretty close to what we heard to begin with. Both breakers are defective and need to be replaced. We removed both our fault breakers and replaced them with new dual function Siemens breakers. Restored power and both breakers worked properly and tripped properly. Also talked to Robert about installing a whole panel surge protector. I’m leaving an attached quote for that as well. It was great meeting you today, Robert! If you have any questions about the estimate or need anything else, please feel free to give me a call anytime. Thank you, Brandon

For this job, I replaced an old ceiling fan with a new customer supplied ceiling fan. Took the old one down, assembled new one out of the box and installed in the ceiling. Also installed remote for fan to the wall with wall mount kit.

Troubleshoot for smoking/flickering lights in kitchen.

For this job, we replaced two existing flood lights and added a box in the soffit for said flood lights we also replaced a faulty timer and swapped another timer for a 240 V for the pool pump

Today we arrived we found two service wires that were cut in the ground by a trencher. It was the ground and neutral wires. The ground wire was totally broken, and the neutral wire was nicked pretty bad where you could see the wire through the insulation. We fixed both of the wires with underground heat shrink lug kits. While we were here, we also found a major problem in the outside electrical panel, which is attached to the meter base basically serving as a disconnect for both the house and the backyard building. The service wire is coming out of the meter base going into the weather rated electrical panel was only good for 100 A. You have a 100 amp breaker feeding power inside the house and also another hundred amp breaker feeding power to the building in the backyard. I’m leaving an estimate attached to the invoice for upgrading the service to a 200 amp. If you have any questions about the estimates please feel free to give me a call anytime. It was great meeting all of you today!

Quoted work

For today’s job I did a home care inspection. I also installed an outlet in the upstairs bedroom closet from an existing circuit in the attic.

Based on our findings today, it might be time to think about getting a brand new system. Gas company came out and shut off the valve to the system. Found flame sensor to be dirty. Zone dampers do not close when thermostat satisfies. Lots of bacterial growth in system. Heat exchanger is rusted out. Inducer is over anmoing. Gas connections are very old and corroded. Outdoor coil is very dirty. Do not recommend repairs due to cost and warranty purposes.

Performed diagnostic on upstairs 23yr old Lennox unit, upon arrival customer stated unit wasn’t working , stated last night unit was making loud banging noise and also had a electrical smell, checked tstst, cycled to heat mode, out door unit started up, upon checking pressures found unit low, recommend leak search, customer stated his ac unit went out during the summer and he added refrigerant, system ran for 4days and stopped cooling again, explained with a heat pump, if ac is not working heat mode is not gonna work, switched tstst over to emergency heat to get gas to run, upon inducer starting up making loud banging noise, inspected inducer, failed barring , gave option to replace inducer, customer declined, blower wheel impacted, recommend pulling and cleaning, recommend TE Flood protection such as wet switch, to prevent ceiling damage, went over options with customer, highly recommended install supervisor due to age and condition of system, customer schedule for November 6 as close

Came out today to perform a two system HVAC service call for for no heat. Upon inspection of the upstairs system found that the furnace is from 2006 Rheem, coil that is a carrier, and outdoor system is a Amana from 2018. Upon inspection of the system, customer stated that he had recently just had both thermostats replaced. I found both thermostats properly wired up and set up in the settings proper. This thermostat was turning on the system and cool, but the blower motor would not run, upon further inspection, the system was not sending any signal to turn the system on on heat, upon testing them system found that the indoor blower wheel is dirty, there is no TE standard flood protection, the indoor capacitor for the system was OK. Due to no airflow could not properly diagnose any refrigerant charge. Also inspected the downstairs system, which is a Rheem gas furnace from 2006 with AC and coil from 2007. This system is a R 22 system and R 22 is obsolete. Upon further inspection of this

Installed new gfci breaker and redid taps for lv wire to transformer