Electrician in Arlington, TX

Federal Pacific is far and away the panel brand we replace most in Arlington, and the reason is the calendar: the city's 1960s-1980s housing boom overlaps almost exactly with the years Stab-Lok panels were being installed. The hazard is that the breaker may not trip on a fault. If the label in your garage reads Federal Pacific or Stab-Lok, replacement is the fix — permit, utility coordination and inspection included.

Homes wired between roughly 1965 and 1973 can have aluminum branch circuits. We inspect, and remediate at the connections with approved methods rather than telling you the whole house needs rewiring.

60A and 100A services upgraded to 200A for Arlington homes running modern AC, EV charging and home offices. A straightforward 100A-to-200A panel replacement typically runs $2,200–$4,800, quoted after we see the service. Oncor owns the meter here and has to disconnect and release it; we schedule that call.

Electrical is on the City of Arlington's list of required permits. Applications, fees and inspection requests go through ArlingtonPermits.com, run by the One Start Center on the second floor of City Hall, 101 W. Abram St. The city's own guide says inspections must be requested before 7 a.m. or they roll to the next business day, and that trade permits like electrical typically carry only one or two required inspections. We pull the permit and book the inspection; you never have to touch the portal.

We install, repair and maintain all major standby generator brands, and are the installer of record for UTS ElectricPros, the authorized Cummins dealer. Oncor's guidelines require the transfer switch on the load side of the meter base, never in or in series with the meter, and reserve the meter socket for Oncor equipment. A 20kW unit installed typically runs $13,500–$17,000. Estimate only. Every installation is different; a site visit is required to determine whether your installation will cost less or more than this estimate. The gas line is run by a licensed plumber, and you are welcome to hire your own.

Level 2 chargers for newer North Arlington builds and for older homes where the panel needs a load calculation first. Tesla Wall Connector and J1772.

Ungrounded two-prong receptacles are common in Arlington's older stock. We correct grounding properly rather than swapping in three-prong outlets that only look safer.

Tenant finish-out, panel upgrades and maintenance for businesses along Division, Cooper and the Entertainment District. Part of Arlington lies in the Great Southwest Industrial District, the 8,000-plus-acre park Angus Wynne Jr. started in 1956 beside the turnpike that is now I-30, which straddles the Arlington–Grand Prairie line. For warehouse and light-industrial buildings there we handle capacity upgrades, warehouse lighting and machine wiring. Priced from drawings or a site walk, with a written scope.

Arlington went from 7,692 residents in 1950 to 44,775 in 1960 after the GM plant opened. The neighborhoods built in that rush are now sixty to seventy years old, and can still have 60A to 100A services, ungrounded two-prong receptacles, and original cloth-insulated branch wiring in service.

The largest share of Arlington's housing, and the reason Federal Pacific is the panel we replace most here — these are the years Stab-Lok was installed by the thousand. Worth identifying before it causes trouble.

Areas like Viridian generally start with 200A service, so the work here is usually additive: EV charger circuits, generator transfer switches, surge protection and load calculations before adding to a panel that is already close to full.

Electrical permits for work in Arlington are issued by the city, and it is the city that inspects the finished work. Requirements, fees and inspection scheduling differ from one DFW city to the next.

Clements Electric pulls the permit and schedules the inspection as part of the job. Texas Electrical Contractor TECL #40628.

Most Arlington addresses are served by Oncor Electric Delivery.

This matters on a service or panel upgrade: the utility named on your electric bill is the one that has to disconnect and then release the meter before the new service can be energized. Worth checking your bill before scheduling, and we coordinate that call either way.