Commercial Electrical Repairs
Commercial electrical repairs depend on the type of commercial building where the repairs are needed. For example, in industrial facilities and service enterprises, electricity is required for manufacturing processes or other necessary tasks such as pumping water up to a reservoir. Thus commercial electrician services are needed quickly when there’s an outage or something has malfunctioned requiring immediate attention. While larger buildings usually have their own emergency generator system that kicks into gear during power outages, smaller businesses may need assistance from a commercial electrician at any time of day or night because they don’t have enough storage capacity for energy consumption within their premises.
We specialize in the installation and maintenance of electrical fixtures as well as troubleshooting. Our crews are skilled at diagnosing and repairing switches and outlets that malfunction and need to be replaced. Another common issue os the fuses may be too small or too weak for the amount of power coming through the system.
Our teams are experienced in regulating and maintaining meter boards, installing lighting fixtures, controlling the traffic flow of electricity from distribution panels for any number of circuits, and installing wiring for communications networks. In our trucks, we carry a variety of tools including measuring instruments such as voltmeters, voltage testers, ammeters, or continuity testers so we know when there is an issue with power going through lines. We also carry pliers to cut wires if necessary and wire strippers which make it easier to strip the insulation off of wire strands for repairs that may be necessary.
If your office or other commercial switches or outlets are sparking when you plug in a device, have buzzing noises, can no longer hold plugs, or creates any other interference with the outlet, give us a call to come out and take a look so we can diagnose the issue.
Panel Upgrades
Electric panels and transformers may need to be upgraded when c doing a commercial repair or installation. In the case of a building that needs an upgrade to its outdated panels, it’s not just up to the property owner or business owners in charge of managing their own electricity usage. Installing new boards these days is expensive because they’re more efficient than older models, so there may be additional charges coming from every person who uses power at the location. When businesses can’t cover those expenses themselves, then they might turn to financing options like leasing equipment for a few years or taking out loans over long periods of time to pay for the upgrades. It all depends on what kind of situation each company finds itself in and the resources available.
If your electric panel or transformer is over 10 years old and has not been inspected for a while, call Commercial Electric DFW, our inspections cover both safety precautions and necessary upgrades.
Electrical Transformers
An electrical transformer is a system that transfers electric power between circuits through electromagnetic induction. As it provides the most efficient way of stepping up voltage for transmission over long distances, with little energy lost in the process, transformers are used where there is no direct current or alternating currents available at any desired voltage.
Transformers come in all sizes and shapes but they’re always made up of three parts:
Two coils called windings (or sometimes loops) connected by an iron core. The core of the transformer is metal usually made of iron or steel, so it has low magnetic permeability and high electrical resistance. A laminated core is constructed using thinner sheets of metal to reduce the weight per unit volume. Then there’s a secondary winding that is wound around two conductors called ‘spools’. One spool provides electric current to the primary coil while the other collects current from it.