Electrical Repair

Most home electrical problems start small. A guest room outlet stops working, a breaker trips whenever the AC and microwave run together, or a hallway light flickers in a house built in the 1980s. Pacific Electric has handled residential electrical repair for Las Vegas homeowners since 1986, booking visits around your schedule and tracing each problem to its cause before replacing parts.

Call 702-433-8777 to schedule a residential electrical repair visit.

Common Residential Electrical Repairs

These problems are inconvenient but stable, which makes them a good fit for a scheduled repair visit.

• Breakers that trip under normal use. A breaker that trips when the AC starts or two appliances share a circuit is usually worn, loose at the bus or carrying too much load.

• Outlets and switches that stopped working. A dead outlet often traces back to a loose wire at another outlet on the same circuit, and worn devices are replaced through our outlets and switches service.

• Flickering or dimming lights. Lights that dim when a large appliance starts can point to a loose neutral or an overloaded circuit.

• GFCI outlets that trip or won’t reset. Bathroom, kitchen, garage and patio circuits need working ground-fault protection, and a failed device gets a GFCI replacement.

• Light fixtures and ceiling fans. Fixtures that buzz or fail and fans that wobble are repaired and secured to a properly rated box, with full ceiling fan repair and installation when a unit needs replacing.

• Two-prong and ungrounded outlets. Older outlets without a ground can be updated to meet code with grounding or GFCI protection.

Electrical Repairs From a Home Inspection

Buying or selling a home in the Las Vegas valley often turns up an electrical repair list. Common inspection items include missing GFCI protection, double-tapped breakers, open junction boxes, reversed polarity outlets and missing cover plates. Send us the inspector’s report, and we will price each item so you can decide what to fix before closing, then correct the work to the electrical code enforced in Clark County.

What to Expect During a Repair Visit

1. Booking. Tell us what you noticed and which rooms are affected, so the electrician arrives with the right parts.

2. Diagnosis. The electrician tests voltage at the affected outlets and fixtures, checks the breaker and its connection at the panel, and opens the boxes where a fault is most likely.

3. Explanation and price. You get a plain explanation of the cause and a free estimate before anything is replaced.

4. Repair and testing. Work is completed with parts listed for your panel and devices, and every repaired circuit is tested under load.

Repairs in Older Las Vegas Homes

Homes built before the mid-1980s have their own repair patterns. Federal Pacific Stab-Lok and Zinsco panels have a long record of breakers that do not trip reliably, so when we find one, we compare the cost of a repair with panel upgrades. Some homes from the late 1960s and 1970s also have aluminum branch wiring, which can overheat at connections. Approved connectors are often enough, and when the damage is widespread, we will walk you through electrical rewiring.

Scheduled Repair or Emergency Service?

A residential repair visit is the right choice when the problem is stable and nothing is overheating. If you see smoke or sparks, smell burning plastic, feel heat at the panel or lose power to much of the house, shut off the main breaker if it is safe to do so and call our emergency electrical repair team instead.

Why Choose Pacific Electric For Residential Electrical Repair?

Pacific Electric is a family-owned electrical contractor that has worked in Las Vegas homes since 1986 under Nevada contractor license No. 23856. The company holds a 4.9-star Google rating across more than 1,200 reviews, is BBB accredited and warranties both its workmanship and the products it installs.

• Savings on repair visits. Current specials include $89 off same-day service and 10% off for seniors, military, veterans, first responders and law enforcement.

• Financing for larger repairs. Payment plans are available when a repair turns into a panel replacement or partial rewire.

Have an outlet, breaker or lighting problem at home? Call 702-433-8777 to schedule residential electrical repair with a licensed Pacific Electric electrician.