ELECTRICAL SERVICE
Is your home tripping breakers, flickering lights, or still running on a fuse box or an old 100-amp panel? Your electrical panel is the heart of your home’s wiring, and when it cannot keep up with modern demand it becomes both a daily nuisance and a real safety risk. AC Electric has been upgrading and repairing electrical panels across Austin and the Hill Country since 1984. As a family-owned company led by Master Electrician Mike Short, we size, permit, and install your new panel the right way the first time, so your home is safe, code-compliant, and ready for whatever you plug into it next.
WHAT IT IS
An electrical panel upgrade replaces your existing breaker box (or old fuse box) with a new, higher-capacity panel, most often a move from 100 amps to 200 amps. The upgrade gives your home more available power, modern breakers that trip safely, and the headroom to add big loads like an EV charger, a hot tub, a home addition, or a backup generator. In many Austin homes built before the mid-1990s, the original panel simply was not designed for today’s electrical lifestyle.
WARNING SIGNS
EXAMPLE
A 1980s home in Oak Hill with a 100-amp panel and a family adding a Tesla and a hot tub will almost always need a 200-amp upgrade first. Otherwise the new loads will overwhelm the existing service.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
Most residential panel upgrades are completed in a single day, though power is off for several hours while we make the change and the utility reconnects. Jobs that involve a meter relocation, a service mast, or extensive corrosion can run longer. We will give you a clear timeline and a written estimate before any work begins.
Wimberly
Dripping Springs
Buda
Kyle
San Marcos
Lakeway
Austin
Cedar Park
Round Rock
Pflugerville
COVERAGE
We install and repair electrical panels throughout Austin, South Austin, Westlake, Onion Creek, Dripping Springs, Wimberley, Buda, Kyle, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, and Leander.
Safety-critical work
A panel upgrade is not the place to cut corners. It is the one job in your home where doing it wrong can mean a fire. Since 1984, AC Electric has built its reputation on getting exactly this kind of work right. You get a licensed Master Electrician (TECL #20902) standing behind the job, fair pricing from a family business that answers its own phone, and the peace of mind that comes from four decades of work across Central Texas. That is what “Quality With Integrity Since 1984” means in practice.
TECL #20902
Licensed Texas electrical contractor.
40+ YEARS
Repairing Central Texas homes since 1984.
HONEST EVALUATION
We recommend what your home needs, not upsells.
DOCUMENTED REPAIR
Proof of professional remediation for insurers.
QUESTIONS
Cost depends on the amperage, whether the meter or service mast needs to move, and the condition of your existing wiring, so we give every customer a free written estimate after looking at the panel. We will never quote a panel upgrade sight unseen, because the details are what determine the price.
Yes. A panel upgrade requires a permit and a city inspection in the Austin area, and we handle both for you. Permitted, inspected work protects your home and keeps your insurance and future home sale clean.
These older panels are widely associated with breakers that do not trip reliably during a fault, which is a fire risk. If you have one, we recommend replacing it, and many home inspectors and insurers now flag them.
Yes, temporarily. Power is off for several hours while we swap the panel and the utility reconnects the service. We schedule the work to minimize disruption and let you know the plan in advance.
Sometimes, but often not without an upgrade. We will do a quick load calculation, and if your panel is full or undersized, we will show you the most cost-effective path forward.
SAFE, PERMANENT REPAIRS FROM A LICENSED MASTER ELECTRICIAN SINCE 1984
