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24/7 Electricians Serving Delaware County, PA

Delaware County homes date to 1957. We know what's inside those walls.

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Your Electricians in Delaware County

Delaware County is close to home for us. Media is about an hour from our Newtown headquarters, and our crews are in Upper Darby, Drexel Hill, Havertown, Springfield and Broomall often enough that the drive is routine. Thomas Edison Electric is a multigenerational, family-owned company, licensed in Pennsylvania (PA075449) and insured.

What makes Delaware County different is the age of its houses. The median home here was built in 1957. That means 60-amp services, fuse boxes, cloth-covered wire and outlets with no ground still show up on regular calls in Swarthmore, Lansdowne, Ridley Park and Chester. We know that housing, and we quote it in writing before we touch it.

One utility to deal with

All of Delaware County is PECO territory, and we coordinate every service upgrade, meter change and disconnect with PECO for you.

Built for 1957 houses

Fuse boxes, 60-amp services and ungrounded outlets are routine work for us, not a surprise, in a county where the median home dates to 1957.

About an hour away

Media is roughly an hour from our Newtown headquarters, so Delaware County is part of our regular rotation, not a special trip.

Storm and flood follow-up

After a flood like the 2021 Ida remnants, we check panels, outlets and wiring that got wet and tell you what is safe to keep.

Honest pricing in writing

You get a written quote before work begins, and the number does not move unless you change the job.

Always answering

24/7, 365 days a year, nights, weekends and holidays. If your Upper Darby panel starts buzzing at 2 a.m., call.

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Committed to Your Complete Satisfaction

We're dedicated to building lasting relationships with every customer through exceptional service and guaranteed results.

Excellence

Our team delivers safe, affordable, long-lasting electrical services.

Timeliness

Your time is precious. If we're late, we'll waive your dispatch fee.

Honesty

Transparent pricing means written quotes with no surprises.

Electrical Service Across Delaware County

Every home in Delaware County is in PECO Energy territory, which keeps things simple. One utility, one set of rules for service upgrades, one number for outages. When you need a heavier service, a new meter socket or a temporary disconnect, we coordinate with PECO and handle the scheduling. Once the power passes the meter, it is our responsibility: the panel, the wiring, the outlets and everything downstream.

The county is compact and densely built, and its neighborhoods vary a lot in age, so we do not assume anything until we open the panel. We work the whole county, from Marcus Hook and Chester through Media, Newtown Square and Wayne, and we cross into Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties too.

September 2021 is the other thing worth mentioning. The remnants of Hurricane Ida put water in basements and knocked out power across Delaware County. Flooded panels, submerged outlets and water-damaged wiring do not always fail right away. If your basement took on water then and nobody has inspected the electrical since, that is worth a visit.

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Common Electrical Projects in Delaware County Homes

With a median build year of 1957, Delaware County has a lot of houses that were wired for a refrigerator, a few lamps and a radio. Some have been upgraded over the decades. Others were upgraded in pieces by different hands, or not at all.

Common jobs in Havertown, Springfield, Lansdowne, Chester and Upper Darby:

Replacing a 60-amp fuse box with a modern breaker panel, usually at 100 or 200 amps. See circuit breaker repair and upgrades.
Fixing amperage issues where the whole house browns out when the dryer starts.
Grounding ungrounded outlets or adding GFCI protection in kitchens, baths and basements.
Sorting out aluminum wiring in homes that were added on or rebuilt during the 1960s and 1970s.
Clearing code violations that turn up during a sale inspection.

Post-flood work is its own category here. Anything that went under water in 2021, from a panel to a receptacle to a furnace circuit, should be inspected, not just dried out.

Permits, Inspections and Your Utility in Delaware County

Delaware County is made up of many boroughs and townships, and under Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code each one handles its own permits. Most contract with a third-party inspection agency instead of running a building department, so the paperwork for a panel change in Media is not identical to the paperwork in Upper Darby or Ridley Park. We deal with that variation every week. We pull the permit, meet the inspector and include both in your written quote.

Because PECO is the only electric utility in the county, coordinating service work is straightforward. For a service upgrade, PECO disconnects at the meter, we do the work, the inspection is signed off, and PECO reconnects. We manage that sequence so the house is not dark any longer than it has to be. For outages that affect the street, PECO is your first call. For anything inside the house, we are.

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