Electrical Panel Repair in Portland, OR & the Metro Area
- Panel inspected before we quote
- Hot or damaged breakers found and fixed
- Price approved before we start
What Our Customers Say
Is Something Wrong Inside Your Portland Home's Panel?
Signs it's time for a panel repair visit
What Panel Repair Covers in Portland
Loose connections, a damaged cover, a breaker that won't seat, scorching or water — fixed in a panel that is otherwise sound, across Portland, West Linn, Gresham, and surrounding communities.
Panel repair fixes a fault inside an electrical panel that is otherwise sound: a connection at the main lugs or neutral bar that has worked loose and started to heat; a breaker that won't snap onto the bus because its stab is worn or burnt; a missing cover or dead front that leaves live parts within reach; water that has left rust; scorching at one spot.
We open the panel and test every connection, the bus under each breaker, the neutral and ground bars, and the main. Burnt wire ends are cut back and reconnected, a damaged bus space is retired and its circuit moved, and covers and filler plates are replaced with parts made for that panel. If water got in — sometimes down the service cable from the meter base — we find the way in. When the meter has to be pulled, we arrange it with PGE or Pacific Power, depending on your address.
Repair is the wrong answer in three cases: a Federal Pacific Stab-Lok or Zinsco panel, whatever the symptom; a panel with no free spaces for what you want to add; and heat damage or corrosion spread along the bus. Those need an Electrical Panel Replacement & Upgrade. One worn breaker in a healthy panel is smaller: Circuit Breaker Repair & Replacement.
Panel Repair vs Panel Replacement
Repair
Replacement
How It Works in Portland
Open and test
Connections, bus, bars and main checked under load
Find the cause
Loose lug, worn stab, water, or a failing panel
Written estimate
Repair or replacement, in writing, before work starts
Make the repair
Connections remade, parts matched to the panel
Close and verify
Cover back on, every circuit tested
What Affects the Cost of Panel Repair in Portland
A repair can be one loose lug or several problems at once, and these are the things that tell them apart.
What failed
Tightening a loose lug is quick; burnt wire ends, a damaged bus space or a failed main take longer.
How far the heat spread
Scorching at one spot can be repaired, but damage along the bus means a new panel instead.
Water inside
Rust means cleaning up the damage and finding how the water got in, sometimes down the service cable.
Parts made for that panel
Covers, dead fronts, filler plates and breakers have to match the make, and some older makes are harder to supply.
A meter pull
When the power has to be cut ahead of the main, we arrange a meter pull with your power company.
The make of panel
A Federal Pacific Stab-Lok or Zinsco isn't worth fixing, so the estimate covers a new panel.
Every job gets a written estimate before any work starts.
Why Portland Homeowners Call PWR Pro Electric
Written estimate before any work begins
Repair or replacement, in writing first
We pull the electrical permit for you
When the repair needs one
Licensed Oregon contractor, CCB #259813
Bonded & insured
1-year warranty on our work
Every repair in your panel is covered
Related Panels & Power Services
Panel Repair Questions
Can a Federal Pacific or Zinsco panel be repaired?
There's rust or water inside my electrical panel. What should I do?
A breaker won't stay in my panel. Is the panel damaged?
How long is the power off for a panel repair?
Where We Work
Book Electrical Panel Repair in Portland
Written estimate before any work begins.