The car arrives before the electrician, which is how most of these calls start. Someone has ordered an electric vehicle, delivery is a few weeks out, and the question is whether the home can charge it. Sometimes the answer is straightforward and the existing...

Most Orange County homes built before the 1990s were given a 100 amp electrical service, and at the time that was generous. The house had a stove, a water heater, a furnace, and lighting. It did not have central air conditioning, an induction range, a heat pump, a...

Zinsco electrical panels are everywhere in Southern California. The company sold heavily into the postwar building boom, and Orange County neighborhoods built between the 1950s and the early 1980s are full of them. If you own a home from that era, there is a...

If your Orange County home was built between 1950 and 1990, there is a real chance it still has a Federal Pacific electrical panel on the wall. It probably looks fine. It may have powered your home without incident for decades. That is exactly what makes it worth a...