Electrical Service & Repair
Licensed electricians for the problems that can't wait, from breakers that keep tripping to outlets that quit to wiring that's past its service life.
Electrical problems, diagnosed and actually fixed
Electrical service and repair covers the everyday faults that keep a house from working the way it should: a breaker that trips every time the microwave runs, an outlet that quit for no obvious reason, lights that flicker when the furnace kicks on, or a panel that hums and smells warm. Robb's Electric sends a licensed electrician to find the actual cause rather than the symptom, then repairs it to current code.
Most of what we find falls into a handful of categories: loose or back-stabbed connections, overloaded circuits, failing breakers, damaged or corroded wiring, and previous work that was never done to code. We carry common parts on the truck, so a large share of service calls get solved on the first visit. When a repair turns out to be a symptom of something bigger, like an undersized panel or a failing neutral, we say so plainly and price both options instead of patching it and leaving.
Who this is for
Homeowners who want a straight answer. If you have been living around a problem for months, unplugging one thing to run another, a single visit usually ends it. We also handle the repairs that come out of a home inspection, which tend to be time-sensitive because a closing is waiting on them.
We do the same work for commercial and industrial buildings across the metro. Property managers call us for lighting, receptacle, and circuit repairs, and facility crews call us when something falls outside the in-house maintenance scope. Residential service is the majority of what we do, and it gets the same licensed electricians either way.
What's included
Every service call starts with a real diagnosis and ends with a price you approved before we started.
Full diagnostic
A licensed electrician traces the fault to its source with meters and a load check, instead of swapping parts and hoping one of them was it.
Breaker and circuit repair
Failing breakers replaced, overloaded circuits split, and dedicated circuits added where a load has outgrown the wire feeding it.
Outlets, switches, and fixtures
Dead or scorched receptacles, failing switches and dimmers, GFCI and AFCI protection, and fixture replacement.
Aging and unsafe wiring
Knob-and-tube, cloth-insulated, and aluminum branch wiring evaluated honestly, and unsafe runs replaced or remediated.
Code corrections
Junction boxes, grounding and bonding, and previous do-it-yourself work brought up to current code and made inspection-ready.
Written scope and price
You get the cause, the fix, and the number before we start, plus anything we noticed that you should plan for later.
Why homeowners call Robb's
We have been doing this in the west metro since 1964, and repeat service calls are most of our week.
- Free estimates, so finding out what the repair costs never costs anything.
- A one-year warranty on labor and materials, so a fix that does not hold is our problem.
- Licensed, bonded, and insured, with a permit pulled whenever the work requires one.
- Working in the west metro since 1964, so we know the housing stock and the inspectors.
- Clean crews: drop cloths down, debris out, and the space left the way we found it.
FAQ
Electrical Service & Repair questions
Still have a question? Call us at (952) 448-4030 and we'll walk you through it.
It depends on what is actually wrong, so we price the work after we see it, and the estimate itself is free. Some calls are a single failed device, and some turn out to be a circuit that needs rewiring. A licensed electrician diagnoses the problem, then gives you the price for the repair before any work starts, so you are deciding with real numbers in front of you.
A breaker that trips repeatedly is doing its job: something on that circuit is drawing more current than the wire is rated for, or there is a fault. The usual causes are too many loads on one circuit, a failing appliance, damaged wiring, or a breaker that has weakened with age. Resetting it over and over is not a fix, and a breaker that trips and feels hot should be looked at promptly.
If you smell burning or see smoke, sparking, or arcing, shut the main breaker off if you can do that safely and call the fire department first. Once the situation is safe, call our office and we will get a licensed electrician on it as soon as the schedule allows. Our office is staffed Monday through Friday; after hours, leave a message and we will pick it up the next business day.
Yes, and it is a common request. We evaluate what is there, tell you what is genuinely unsafe versus merely untidy, and correct what needs correcting to current code. If the previous work was permitted we can usually build on it, and if it was not, we will explain what an inspector is going to want to see.
Straight repairs like replacing a failed device or breaker generally do not require a permit, while new circuits, panel work, and rewiring do. We handle the permit and the inspection when one is required, and we tell you upfront which category your job falls into so nothing surprises you at resale.
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Let's get your project done right.
Tell us what you need and someone from Robb's Electric will follow up. Prefer to talk it through? Call the office. Estimates are free either way.
- Free estimates on every job
- Licensed, bonded & insured · EA001548
- Serving the Twin Cities metro since 1964
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- Free estimates, priced before any work starts
- One-year warranty on labor and materials