electrician idaho falls, id

A breaker that trips is doing its job — it is telling you something is wrong. The usual causes are an overloaded circuit with too much plugged into it, a short circuit, a ground fault, or a breaker that has simply worn out.

Resetting it over and over is not a fix, and never replace a breaker with a larger one to stop the tripping — that removes the protection and puts the load on wiring that was never rated for it. Call us and we will find the actual cause.

We serve Idaho Falls and the surrounding eastern Idaho communities, including Ammon, Iona, Ucon, Shelley, Rigby, and Blackfoot. If you are not sure whether you are in our service area, give us a call and we will tell you straight.

Both need attention. Knob-and-tube has no ground wire and its insulation gets brittle with age, and it was never designed for the electrical load of a modern household. Aluminum branch wiring expands and contracts at connection points, which loosens terminations over time and creates heat where you do not want it.

Many insurance carriers will not write a policy on a home with either one. If your home was built before 1975, it is worth having someone look at what is actually behind the walls.

Yes. Beard Electrical Services is fully licensed and insured in the state of Idaho. Licensed electrical work also means your job is permitted and inspected where required, which protects your homeowner's insurance coverage and matters when you sell the property.

It depends on the week and on what you need, but we prioritize anything that is a safety issue. Call or text us with what is going on and we will give you an honest answer on timing rather than stringing you along.

It depends entirely on the job. Replacing an outlet and rewiring a whole house are not in the same universe, and anyone who quotes you a firm price over the phone without knowing the details is guessing.

What we will commit to is this: we give you the price before we start the work, and the number we quote is the number you pay unless you approve a change. No surprises on the invoice.

A few common signs:

• Breakers trip regularly, or you rely on fuses instead of breakers
• Lights dim when a large appliance kicks on
• The panel is warm, buzzing, or shows rust or scorching
• There is no room left to add a circuit
• Your panel is a Federal Pacific Stab-Lok or Zinsco — both have documented failure-to-trip problems and most insurers want them replaced
• You are adding an EV charger, hot tub, shop, or central air

If any of those sound familiar, have it looked at. A panel that cannot trip when it should is the definition of a fire risk.

The fastest way is to call or text us directly. You can also fill out the quote form on this website with a few details about your property and what you need done, and we will follow up to schedule a time.

The more you can tell us up front — the age of the home, what is happening, whether it is one room or the whole house — the more accurate the number we can give you.

Yes. We handle new construction wiring and commercial build-outs, working off your plans from service entrance and rough-in through trim-out and final inspection. We flag plan issues before they get buried in a wall and we hit the schedule the rest of the trades are working to.

Yes. We do residential work — repairs, lighting, panels, rewiring, EV chargers — and commercial work for offices, retail, restaurants, shops, and warehouses across the Idaho Falls area. For commercial jobs we schedule around your business hours wherever possible so the work does not cost you a day of sales.

Yes, on any job that requires one. Permits mean the work gets inspected by a third party, which is how you know it was done right rather than just being told it was.

Unpermitted electrical work is a common problem at closing, and it can give your insurance company a reason to deny a claim after a fire. We would rather do it the right way the first time.

Yes. We provide free estimates on electrical work so you know what a project costs before you commit to anything. Fill out the quote form on this site or call or text us, and we will get you a number.

Yes. Burning smells, sparking outlets, scorch marks around a panel or receptacle, and repeated breaker trips are not things to sit on — call us right away.

If you smell burning or see smoke, shut off power at the breaker if you can do so safely and call us. If there is active fire, call 911 first.

Yes. We install Level 2 home chargers on a dedicated, properly sized circuit and pull the permit for it.

The first thing we check is whether your existing panel can carry the load. If it cannot, we will tell you what the upgrade involves and what it costs before you spend anything, rather than finding out halfway through.