200 Amp Panel Upgrade - What the Full Job Actually Looks Like

Most people don't think about their electrical panel until something goes wrong. A tripped breaker here, flickering lights there - and then one day you realize the whole system is just too old to keep up with what your home demands. That's usually when we get the call.

A 200 amp panel upgrade is one of the most impactful electrical improvements you can make to a home. It's not just about adding more breaker slots. It's about bringing the entire service up to current code, handling modern electrical loads safely, and giving you the headroom to add circuits down the road without worrying about overloading the system.

What a lot of homeowners don't realize is how much of this work happens on the outside of the house. The meter base, the service entrance conduit running up the exterior wall, the weatherhead at the top - all of it gets evaluated and often replaced as part of a proper upgrade. We don't just swap out the panel inside and call it a day. The whole system has to work together.

That's the standard we hold ourselves to on every panel upgrade we do. Clean conduit runs, solid connections, everything up to code and inspected. If your home is running on an older 100 amp service or an outdated panel that's been giving you trouble, it's worth having someone take a real look at it.

Waugh Electric handles the full scope - from the meter work outside to the panel inside. No shortcuts, no loose ends.