Electrical Panel Upgrades in Layton, UT
If your breakers trip every time the dryer and the microwave run together, your panel is telling you something. We upgrade Layton homes to 200-amp service so the house keeps up with how you actually live in it.
What a Panel Upgrade Covers
Most homes around Layton were built when 100 amps was plenty. A furnace, a fridge, a few lights. Now the same panel is being asked to run central air, a hot tub, a shop full of tools, and maybe an EV in the driveway. Something has to give, and usually it is your breakers.
A panel upgrade fixes the root problem instead of working around it. Here is what the job covers:
- Full load evaluation so you get the right size, not the biggest one we can sell you
- New 200-amp panel and breakers, or a different size if that is what your home actually needs
- New meter base and service entrance conductors where the existing ones are undersized
- Grounding and bonding brought up to current code
- Permit pulled with Layton City and the inspection scheduled
- Coordination with Rocky Mountain Power for the disconnect and reconnect
- Every circuit labeled clearly, so the next person who opens that door knows what they are looking at
Signs Your Panel Is Due
Breakers that trip repeatedly, especially on the same circuit
A fuse box instead of breakers
Any buzzing, crackling, or warmth coming off the panel
A burning or hot plastic smell near the box
Lights that dim when a large appliance kicks on
Federal Pacific or Zinsco panels, which have known failure problems and are common in homes of this era
No room left for another breaker
You are adding an EV charger, a hot tub, central air, or a shop
A burning smell or a warm panel cover is not a wait-and-see problem. Call and we will get out there.
Why Layton Homes in Particular
Layton grew fast when Hill Air Force Base did, and a lot of that housing went up between the 1950s and the 1980s. Those homes were wired for the loads of their day and they were wired well, but a 100-amp panel installed in 1968 was never meant to carry what a 2026 household plugs in.
We see it constantly in the older neighborhoods off Main Street and Gentile, and in the homes that went up around the base. Newer subdivisions on the east bench toward the mountains usually came in at 200 amps already, though plenty of those panels are now full and need a subpanel instead of a service change.
Either way, the answer starts with looking at what you have. We will tell you honestly if your panel has life left in it.
How the Job Goes
Free estimate. Kacey comes out, opens the panel, looks at your actual loads, and talks through what you are planning to add. You get a real number, not a range.
Permit. We pull the electrical permit with Layton City and schedule the inspection. You do not deal with any of that.
Power coordination. We schedule the disconnect and reconnect with Rocky Mountain Power so the outage lands when it works for you.
Install day. Most panel upgrades are a single day. Power is off for part of it, and we will tell you roughly how long before we start.
Inspection and sign off. The inspector comes through, everything gets signed off, and you get a labeled panel and the paperwork.
You Talk Straight to Kacey
When you call Shawk Electric, you are talking to the guy who will do the work. Not a dispatcher, not a salesperson, and not whoever happens to be free that week.
That matters most on a job like this one. A panel upgrade is the kind of work where it is easy to sell somebody more than they need, and easy to cut corners nobody will see for ten years. Kacey has been doing electrical work for over a decade, he is licensed and insured, and he would rather tell you your panel is fine than sell you one you do not need.
Where We Work
Based in Layton and serving Davis County and Salt Lake County.
Davis County
Salt Lake County
Common Questions
Sometimes it really is one bad breaker. We check that first. If the panel itself is undersized, full, or a known problem brand, we will tell you and explain why. If a repair gets you another ten years, we will tell you that too.
Not Sure What You Have?
Kacey will come out, look at your panel, and give you a straight answer. Free estimate, no pressure, no upselling.
