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When panel and service changes are made, without full rewiring, we have to use the branch wiring that is already
existing. We cannot get the area as "clean" as we would like too, without adding extensions to the wires, which increases
the cost of the job. Also, when it is just the panel that is upgraded we are restricted by attaching to the existing
service pipe from outside.
All work in the "After" pictures have passed an Electrical Safety Authority Inspection.
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| East York Bungalow -- Before |
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| 60 amp service with fuses |
| Toronto Storey & a Half -- Before |
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| 60 amp Serivce with fuses |
| Rouge Valley Two Storey -- Before |
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| Amalgamated fuse panel, aluminum wiring, Breaker for hot tub at bottom |
| Etobicoke Two Storey -- Before |
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| 100 amp small circuit breaker panel and sub panel |
Sometimes it is just necessary to replace the fuses with breakers. In some instances (to cut down on costs for
the homeowners) we will add a new combination panel onto the existing Main switch without increasing the actual Service size.
If the homeowner wishes to increase the size of the service at a later time, half the job is already done.
| Scarborough Bugalow-- Before |
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| 60 amp Service with fuse panels |
| Scarborough Bungalow -- After |
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| 100 amp rated breaker panel on 60 amp Service |
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| East York Bungalow -- After |
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| 100 amp service with breakers, full house rewire |
| Toronto Storey & a Half -- After |
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| 100 amp Service upgrade with breakers |
| Rouge Valley Two Storey |
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| New panel with whole home surge protection and leaving existing hot tub breaker to keep costs down |
| Etobicoke Two Storey -- After |
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| 100 amp 32/64 circuit panel upgrade |
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| Don Mills Bungalow -- Before |
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| 60 amp Service on west side of house |
| Don Mills Bungalow |
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| 200 amp Service with Whole home surge protection relocated on east side of house. |
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Sometimes receptacles look new and therefore you might think they are grounded, but are really hooked up to ungrounded
wiring. This is where we must install a Ground Fault Circuit Interupteur (GFCI) type receptacle as allowed in the Ontario
Electrical Code under rule 26-700(8). Due to older style outlet boxes these GFCI receptacles are so deep they cannot
fit in, so we have to use a box extender. The other option is to replace the receptacle box completely, sometimes
causing plaster damage. Most customers go with the extender.
| North Toronto Two Storey -- After #1 |
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| Installation of GFCI receptacle on ungrounded wiring |
| North Toronto Two Storey -- After #3 |
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| Due to existing box being too shallow, a box extender that protrudes out 1" needed to be used. |
| Toronto West End Semi -- Before #2 |
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| Amateur splicing on "newer" wiring to old Knob and Tube |
| Toronto West End Semi -- After |
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| A definite upgrade |
| North York Bungalow addition |
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| More Insulated Pot lights |
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| North Toronto Two Storey -- Before |
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| This plug is acutally connected to ungrounded wiring, which is against code. |
| North Toronto Two Storey -- After #2 |
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| Shows the GFCI in the tripped position with pilot light on to warn that a fault has occurred. |
| Toronto West End Semi -- Before #1 |
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| Amateur connections on "newer" wiring |
| Toronto West End Semi -- Before #3 |
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| More of the same |
| Toronto East End Semi |
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| Underground feed to new Garage Panel |
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