Top 5 Reasons To Hire a Licensed Electrician

While we could go on and on about why hiring a licensed electrician is worth your hard earned money, you probably don't want to read through our long paragraphs of information. So instead, we're going to make it simple. And who doesn't love a "Top 5 List"?

Top 5 Reasons to Hire a Licensed Electrician

5. Licensed electricians have logged a minimum of 12,000 hours of electrical work. 

In order for an electrician to even apply for the Master Electrical exam, he or she must have met the minimum work experience requirements and those hours must be reported by an employer. Therefore, no fudging hours on the application. 

4. Licensed electricians handle electrical work day in and day out.

We specialize in all things electrical, and that's it. We won't install your new electrical panel and paint your living room, too.

3. Licensed electricians have successfully completed 42 hours of training on the most current code.

Electrical codes change. A licensed electrician can easily spot work that is outdated and will know what needs to be completed in order for it to pass inspection based upon current code requirements.

2. Licensed electricians have passed a rigorous exam in order to obtain the title "Master Electrician".

While many contractors claim to be experts in several trades, only a licensed electrician is really an expert in the electrical field.

1. Licensed electricians keep you safe.

This may sound silly, but electricity is no laughing matter and can be dangerous to work with. Leave it to a licensed electrician to handle your electrical needs. It's safer for you and your family. To quote Bob Proctor: "You can cook a mans dinner with electricity; and you can also cook the man." 

Patience

I have been an electrician for a long time now and over the years there are some customers that say “I don’t know how you put up with the stress when things don’t go right."  Most of the time I think to myself, "me either."  There are days where everything goes as planned and there are days where you can’t get anything done. 

For instance, a hung up wire that you have been trying to fish across the ceiling for almost two hours and it just won’t cooperate is not ideal. I always take a minute, go over my options, and come up with the best solution. In this case the solution more times than not is that we have to cut some drywall to access the wire and solve the problem. Yes, it is very frustrating at times, but there is no need to freak out because there are always ways to adjust. 

Another issue that tests your patience is when you open up an outlet box or a switch box and the wires are too short to work on. This means it will take longer and it is very hard to work with. 

I can go on and on about things that can go wrong on a job. For the most part I have been through a lot of headaches on jobs but I am always optimistic. In any trade there are tricks that you learn with experience that make you very productive. They help situations seem like they are not a big deal. By staying calm and keeping my cool, I can make sure that at the end of the day I will always complete the job at hand. This is very important in order to have happy customers. I believe in most skilled trades, and in business, you have to have a lot of patience. 

It is just as important for customers to have patience. I know that it can be frustrating if a job is taking longer or things need to be added, but problems like I described are things we can’t always predict. No matter what, we will always solve the problem and complete the work. 

Patience is a virtue. My business partner and I have it. We will solve any problem and will give our honest opinion on any project that you might have.

On another note it is spring and camping season is here.  Let’s go BLUES and let’s go CARDS!

-Rob Reiner