We chase the fault, not the part
Intermittent electrical problems are where most of the bad work in this trade happens: parts get swapped until the symptom goes quiet, then it comes back in July. We meter the circuit, find the actual fault — a loose neutral, a backstabbed receptacle, a nicked conductor behind a nail plate — and fix that. The phone is answered 24 hours a day, so if it smells like burning you are not waiting until Monday.
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What to do before we get there
If you smell burning or see smoke, shut off the breaker for that area — or the main if you can't tell which — and call. If a breaker has tripped, reset it once; if it trips again, leave it off. Don't run extension cords from another room as a workaround, and don't tape a breaker on. Write down what was running when it happened; that detail saves us an hour.
How diagnostic time is billed
Tracing an intermittent fault is billed hourly and we tell you the rate before we start, along with an honest guess at how long it'll take. Most are found in the first hour. If the repair turns into a bigger job, the diagnostic time rolls into the written price for that work.
Related: panel upgrades, rewiring & repairs, safety inspections. Answering calls in El Segundo and Hawthorne.