Palm Beach County, FL
Looking for professional circuit breakers & panel upgrades in Royal Palm Beach? Haliburton Electric provides licensed, insured electrical services throughout Palm Beach County. Panel upgrades and breaker replacements to support high-demand electrical loads.
Your electrical panel is the heart of your property's power distribution. As demand grows from modern appliances, EV chargers, pool equipment, and home offices, older panels can become overloaded and unsafe. Haliburton Electric provides professional panel upgrades and circuit breaker replacements across South Florida, bringing your electrical infrastructure up to modern capacity and code requirements. We handle everything from 100-amp to 400-amp services for both residential and commercial properties.
We perform a comprehensive load calculation per NEC Article 220 to determine your property's current and projected electrical demand. This includes documenting every circuit, measuring actual consumption, and factoring in planned additions like EV chargers, pool equipment, or solar systems. The analysis determines the correct service size — 200 amp, 320 amp, or 400 amp — to meet your needs now and in the future.
After coordinating a scheduled power shutoff with FPL, our team removes the outdated panel and installs a new code-compliant panel with copper bus bars and modern arc-fault and ground-fault protection where required. Every circuit is transferred, properly torqued, and clearly labeled. If the meter base or service entrance cable requires replacement, we handle that as part of the same project.
With the installation complete, we perform thorough testing on every circuit including voltage verification, load testing, and ground fault protection validation. We schedule the building department inspection, are present for the inspector's review, and address any findings on the spot. Once the inspection passes, FPL is authorized to energize the new service and your upgraded system is fully operational.
The clearest indicators are breakers that trip frequently under normal use, a panel that uses fuses instead of breakers, visible corrosion or scorch marks inside the panel, a buzzing or humming sound coming from the panel box, or a system rated below 200 amps in a home with modern appliances. If you are adding an EV charger, pool heater, or other high-draw equipment and your panel has no available breaker slots, an upgrade is required. Panels manufactured by Federal Pacific, Zinsco, or Challenger are known safety hazards and should be replaced regardless of symptoms.
A standard residential upgrade from 100 or 150 amps to a 200-amp panel typically costs between $2,500 and $4,500 in South Florida, including the panel, breakers, permit, and labor. The investment pays for itself in several ways: it eliminates the fire risk from an overtaxed system, it satisfies insurance requirements that older panels often fail, and it provides the capacity needed for future additions like EV chargers or solar. Many homeowners recoup the cost through reduced insurance premiums and increased property value.
Most residential panel upgrades are completed in a single day, typically six to eight hours. This includes coordinating a temporary power shutoff with FPL, removing the old panel, installing and wiring the new panel, labeling all circuits, and restoring power. Complex commercial installations or services requiring a meter base upgrade may extend to two days. We schedule the building department inspection within 48 hours of completion to close out the permit promptly.