Fuse boxes, 60 amp services and recalled Federal Pioneer panels replaced with modern 100 or 200 amp service, permitted, inspected and coordinated with EPCOR.
Edmonton has thousands of homes still running on a 60 amp service or a fuse panel that was fine in 1965 and is not fine with a hot tub, an EV charger and an induction range. MNR Electric replaces panels and upgrades services from end to end: the EPCOR disconnect and reconnect, the meter base and mast if needed, the new panel and breakers, the permit and the inspection. You get a written, itemized estimate first and a passed inspection record at the end.
Fuse boxes, Federal Pioneer Stab-Lok, Zinsco and undersized or damaged panels replaced with a new CSA-listed breaker panel.
60 to 100 amp, 100 to 200 amp, and 400 amp where a large home, shop or suite needs it. Overhead or underground.
Garage, basement suite, shop and addition sub-panels fed properly from the main.
Breakers brought up to the current Canadian Electrical Code for bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms and outdoors.
Letters and inspection records for insurers that will not cover fuses or 60 amp services, and for real estate closings.
A type 2 surge device at the panel, installed with the upgrade for a small added cost.
We confirm the existing service, the load you plan to add and the EPCOR connection, then price the whole job in writing.
The electrical permit is pulled under our master electrician and the utility disconnect is scheduled, usually for a single day.
The old panel comes out, the new service goes in, circuits are labelled, and the City inspection is booked. Power is typically back the same day.
Signs include fuses instead of breakers, a 60 amp main, a Federal Pioneer (FPE) Stab-Lok panel, breakers that trip when the dryer and the microwave run together, no room for new circuits, or an insurer or home inspector asking for it. Adding an EV charger, hot tub, or suite almost always calls for a look at capacity.
FPE Stab-Lok breakers have a documented history of failing to trip under fault. Many insurers in Alberta ask for them to be replaced, and we recommend it regardless.
For a straightforward 100 or 200 amp upgrade, most of a working day. We schedule the EPCOR disconnect and reconnect for the same day and tell you the window in advance.
Yes. A panel or service change requires an electrical permit and a City of Edmonton inspection under the Safety Codes Act. It is included in our price and we hand you the passed record.
Request a free, itemized estimate for a panel or service upgrade. Emergencies, including a panel that is hot, buzzing or wet, go straight to the 24 hour line.
