Emergency Electrician in Arundel, Maine

In Arundel, most electrical emergencies start with a tree. When a limb comes down across the service drop, it can drag the drop off the house, bend the mast, crack the weatherhead or rip the meter socket from the wall. A wire lying on the ground means everyone, pets included, stays back while you call 911 and the utility, which for some Arundel addresses is Kennebunk Light & Power District and for others Central Maine Power. The utility's responsibility stops at the weatherhead and the meter. Past that point the mast, the socket and the wiring belong to the owner, and power stays off until a licensed electrician fixes them.

Other emergencies come from inside the house. An overloaded older panel, a burned connection at a well pump pressure switch, a failed feeder to a manufactured home, or a space heater on a circuit that was never meant for it can all cause hot outlets, burning smells or a main breaker that keeps tripping. In pedestal-service manufactured homes, water that gets into the meter base or disconnect after a thaw or heavy rain can cause corrosion and failures. If the floor by the panel is dry and you can get to it safely, switch off the main, and do not use a circuit that smells hot or has sparked.

Day or night, Goodnow Electric responds to sparking outlets, burning smells, dead panels, mains that refuse to reset and masts or weatherheads torn up by storms, and securing the house comes before anything else. Once the damaged equipment is repaired, the town's electrical permit and inspection cover the work and the utility is called to restore service. Homes with a portable generator should use a transfer switch or interlock rather than a back-fed cord, which can hurt line workers and damage the house wiring when power returns. Keep a flashlight near the panel, know where the main breaker is, and keep the utility's outage number handy, since reporting the outage yourself helps the crews find the problem faster.