Pacific Northwest Electric
Portland Metro Electricians
Portland, Oregon · Locally owned · Licensed, bonded & insured
Breaker keeps tripping? Outlet dead, warm or scorched? Lights flickering? We come out to your Portland home or business, track down the real cause and fix it properly, not just swap a part and hope.
Mon–Fri, 7:00 am – 5:30 pm · Emergency service when available
30+ years
serving Portland-area homes
Master Electrician
and private electrical inspector
Generac · Kohler
and Champion generator installer
★ 4.9 · 125 reviews
4.9 stars on Google, Facebook & Yelp
Burning smell, scorch marks or a hot outlet? If it's safe, turn off that breaker and call us at 503-583-8050. If you see smoke or fire, get out and call 911 first.
Overloads, shorts and failing breakers.
Loose connections, worn devices and hidden splices.
From a bad fixture to a loose neutral.
Found, replaced and the cause corrected.
Kitchens, baths, garages and outdoors.
Half the house out, or rooms that went dark.
Main breakers that won't reset after an outage.
Fixtures, timers and wet-location wiring.
Loose connections and worn-out devices can overheat behind the wall long before anyone notices. These are the kinds of problems we find and fix.
Overheated breaker panel
Melted 50-amp, 240V outlet
Burned 240V appliance plug
Heat damage inside the box
Burned outlet and wiring
Receptacle that melted in use
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When did it start, what else is on that circuit, what changed recently?
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We test the circuit and follow it back to the actual problem, not just the symptom.
03
You'll know what failed, why, and what we did so it doesn't happen again.
New kitchen GFCI
Heavy-duty 50A outlet
Switch & dimmer upgrade
★★★★★
“I hired Pacific NW Electric to fix power out in half of my home. When John arrived he quickly diagnosed the problem… John was persistent with PGE and they agreed to check their connections on the pole. John was right, PGE had a loose connection on the pole.”
Martin · Yahoo Local review
Have a different question? Call 503-583-8050.
Usually it's too much on one circuit, a short or ground fault somewhere on the line, or a breaker that's wearing out. A tripping breaker is doing its job, so don't just keep resetting it. Have it checked.
Yes. A warm outlet, plug or switch plate usually means a loose or failing connection. Stop using it, turn off the breaker if you can, and call us.
It can be as simple as a loose bulb or an incompatible dimmer, or as serious as a loose connection in the panel. If several rooms flicker at once, call us soon.
Unplug everything on that outlet and try again. If it still won't reset, there may be a ground fault on the circuit or the GFCI has failed, and we can find which.
Call and tell us what's happening. Photos of the outlet, switch or panel help us come prepared.