The main electrical panel is the heart of your home’s electrical system, and your distribution point for all the electric circuits in your home. Components include, the housing unit, panel door, circuit breakers, hot bus bars, neutral bar, ground wire and a ground bar; all vital elements to keeping power safely and efficiently flowing through your how and to your appliance and lighting systems. Changing out or upgrading your electrical service is a job for an experienced electrician. Read More…

An electrical circuit breaker sub panel can be thought of as a mini service panel. Its basic structure is the same as a service panel, with a main feeder wire leading into bus bars and circuit breakers. Sub panels essentially afford for more space for for circuit breakers, and too, provide a sense of clarity and separation of service from the main electrical panel. At Timely Electric, we’ll evaluate your sub panel repair needs, and service or install sub panels for your home. Read More…

Quality and functioning smoke detectors can be the most important investment you can make in your home. Timely Electric can help you install and replace your home’s smoke detectors to ensure the safety of your family and your belongings.
We can also help you map out a placement plan to make sure every corner of your home is covered, as well as adhere to all Hampton Roads compliance and provisions for placement. Read More…

Timely Electric specializes in residential lighting installation and can help you with practical and aesthetic projects for your home. Indoor lighting is a key part of interior design, and can make a house truly feel like a home. It can also be an intrinsic component of landscaping. However, lighting represents a major component of energy consumption, accounting for a significant part of all energy consumed worldwide. Therefore, proper residential lighting installation can save you money and conserve natural resources at the same time. Read More…

For Hampton Roads residents, hurricane season is an annual exercise in both precaution and procrastination. Losing power in storms like these are typically the rule and not the exception, yet so many Tidewater homeowners don’t have generators to keep the lights bright, food cold and television and radio on; things that can not only be a convenience, but also the difference in you and your family’s safety. Read More…

Timely Electric’s electricians can help protect your home from electric surges and prevent costly and destructive power surges. A power surge occurs when the line voltage goes higher than it is rated for and stays there longer than ten milliseconds. In today’s high-tech world, computerized appliances and electronics can be damaged or destroyed by surges in electrical lines, especially in homes without surge protection. Microprocessors are showing up in personal computers, TVs, stereos, VCRs, DVRs, refrigerators, washers, dryers, microwave ovens, dishwashers and just about any electrical device manufactured today, making the change of transient voltages being generated and harming these appliances much more prevalent. And in Hampton Roads, summer thunderstorms can produce powerful lightning that can cause all sorts of electrical problems in your home. Read More…

Installing a ceiling fan in your home can be tougher than it looks. Timely Electric electricians are experts when it comes to ceiling fan repair and installation. Each year we receive tons of calls from homeowners throughout Hampton Roads who need a hand installing, re-installing, tightening, wiring and re-wiring fans of all shapes, sizes, and models. Read More…

Restoring and rewiring circuits can be shockingly difficult. Not only can the task itself be quite challenging, if done incorrectly, it could also present a very real fire hazard to your home and family’s safety. Before you go down the do-it-yourself route, give Timely Electric a call. We’ll provide you with on-time, anytime service and straightforward and affordable pricing to get your circuit and rewire job done right the first time. Read More…