# Multifamily Electrical Contractor DFW | Main Panel Upgrades & Aluminum Wiring > Licensed multifamily electrical contractor in Dallas-Fort Worth. Main distribution panel upgrades, melted conductor repair, and aluminum branch wiring remediation for apartment owners and property managers. TECL #40628. Call 817-803-4444. URL: https://clementselectric.com/service/multifamily-electrical --- - Licensed & Insured — Electrical Contractor TECL #40628, Master Electrician #214180 | Call Today: 817-803-4444 | Same-Day Service Available # SERVICES GENERATORS FINANCING About Us CONTACT 817-803-4444 Home Services Multifamily Electrical # Multifamily Electrical Main distribution and meter stack upgrades, melted conductor repair, and aluminum branch wiring remediation for apartment owners and property managers across DFW. A multifamily building was wired for the loads it carried when it was built. In a 1970s or 1980s complex that meant window units, one television and no computers. What the same equipment carries now is central air, in-unit laundry, a dozen chargers per unit and increasingly an EV in the lot — and it shows. We open panels at DFW properties and find conductors that have overheated at the terminations badly enough to melt insulation. It happens at the main panels outside the building, the service equipment and meter stacks feeding several units at once, and it happens at the individual unit panels inside. Same underlying cause, different scope and a very different outage footprint. Neither improves on its own. Request a Building Assessment Licensed Texas Electrical Contractor TECL #40628, Master Electrician #214180 - Work scheduled around occupancy and turn cycles, not against them - Written scope and flat-rate pricing before anything is opened up - Permits pulled and inspections scheduled as part of the job Licensed & Insured Same-Day Service Veteran-Operated Written Quotes ## Undersized Panels and Melted Conductors The mechanism is the same wherever it happens. A termination runs hot under load, the heat degrades the connection, the degraded connection runs hotter still, and eventually the insulation melts and the conductor discolours. It is a progressive failure over years, not a sudden one. What differs is where you find it and what it costs to be wrong about it. - Exterior mains and meter stacks — melted or discoloured insulation at main lugs and feeder terminations, equipment sized for the building's original load, corrosion and water intrusion in enclosures never properly sealed, double-lugged feeders left by earlier repairs - Interior unit panels — 60A and 100A panels carrying loads nobody planned for, overheating at breaker stabs and neutral bars, no space left to add a circuit, and the point where aluminum branch wiring terminates - Both — breakers that no longer coordinate with the conductors they protect, and obsolete equipment with no replacement parts still available The fix depends on what the assessment finds, and the honest answer is often smaller than owners expect. Sometimes it is termination work and a torque specification correctly applied. Sometimes it is a genuine service upgrade with new gear. Sometimes the mains are fine and the problem is entirely in the unit panels, or the reverse. We tell owners which one it is before quoting, because those are very different numbers and pretending otherwise helps nobody. ## Aluminum Wiring in Multifamily Buildings Aluminum comes up twice in these buildings and the two cases are not the same thing. Aluminum branch-circuit wiring — the small conductors feeding receptacles and switches inside units — was in general use roughly between 1965 and 1973, and a great deal of DFW apartment stock dates from exactly that window. That wiring is the known hazard, and it is remediated at the terminations with approved connectors rather than by rewiring an occupied building. - Unit-by-unit branch wiring remediation at receptacles, switches and splices - Approved connectors rated for the conductor actually in the box - Feeder termination inspection, preparation and torque to specification - Documentation per unit for your files and your insurer Aluminum feeder conductors in the service equipment are a different matter entirely. Large aluminum conductors remain permitted, are still installed in new work today, and are not a defect. They fail when the terminations are loose, unprepared or over-torqued. So finding aluminum in a main panel is not by itself bad news — finding it improperly terminated is. An electrician who tells a property manager that all aluminum must be replaced is either not distinguishing between the two or is selling something. ## Working Around Occupied Units Multifamily work is a scheduling problem as much as an electrical one. People live in the building, and every hour of planned outage has to be noticed, communicated and kept to. We plan main panel work in phases so the number of units affected at any one time stays small and predictable, coordinate the utility disconnect and meter release in advance rather than on the day, and do unit interior work on turn cycles wherever the timeline allows. - Phased scopes that limit how many units are affected at once - Utility disconnect and meter release coordinated ahead of the work - Advance written notice you can hand straight to residents - Unit interiors scheduled against turn cycles where possible - After-hours and weekend work available — we run 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, seven days ## Who We Work With Apartment owners, property management companies, HOAs and commercial landlords across Dallas-Fort Worth. Some of that is a single building with one failing main panel. Some of it is a portfolio where the same 1970s equipment shows up at every property and the work gets planned over several budget cycles. Both are normal, and the second is easier when someone has actually seen inside all of them. Undersized panel or melted conductors at your property? We assess the building, tell you what is actually wrong, and put the scope and the outage plan in writing before any work starts. Call 817-803-4444 Request a Building Assessment ## Frequently Asked Questions What does a melted wire in the main panel actually mean? It means a termination has been running hot under load, usually for a long time. Heat degrades the connection, the degraded connection runs hotter, and eventually the insulation gives up. It is a progressive failure, not a sudden one, which is why it is usually found during an assessment rather than after an outage. It needs attention promptly, but it does not automatically mean the whole service has to be replaced. Does aluminum wiring mean the building has to be rewired? Almost never. Aluminum branch-circuit wiring is remediated at the terminations with approved connectors, unit by unit, without rewiring an occupied building. And aluminum feeder conductors in the service equipment are permitted and still installed today — they are only a problem when terminated incorrectly. Anyone quoting a full rewire on the strength of seeing aluminum has not looked closely enough. How much of the building loses power, and for how long? That depends on the scope and it is one of the first things we establish, because it is what owners and residents actually care about. Main panel work is planned in phases to keep the number of affected units small at any one time, and the utility disconnect and meter release are coordinated in advance rather than on the day. You get the outage plan in writing before the work starts. Do you pull the permits for multifamily work? Yes. Clements Electric is a licensed Texas electrical contractor (TECL #40628) and pulls the permit and schedules the inspection as part of the job. Requirements differ from one DFW city to the next, and service equipment work is generally where cities pay the closest attention. Can you assess a whole portfolio rather than one building? Yes, and it is usually the more useful way to do it. Properties built in the same period tend to have the same equipment and the same problems, so assessing several at once produces a prioritised list you can plan against a budget rather than a series of unrelated emergencies. Request a portfolio assessment ## Service Areas We provide multifamily electrical throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Click any city to learn more about our local electrical services. 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