Panel upgrades and replacement in Minnesota
Replace an old or crowded breaker panel with a labeled, properly rated one that fits your home today.
- We check your wiring and capacity before we recommend anything
- Every circuit is traced and labeled in the new panel
- Permit pulled, work inspected by DLI or your city
- MN License #EA807704
- Bonded & insured
- Permits & inspections handled
- Free quotes
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Panel Upgrades & Replacements, start to finish
- Panel evaluation
- New panel with correctly matched breakers
- Every circuit labeled
- AFCI and GFCI breakers where required
- Panel wiring problems corrected
- Open breaker spaces left for later
We handle panel upgrades and replacements across Minnesota, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Edina, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Burnsville, Eden Prairie, Fridley and Minnetonka. See every city we serve.
What our customers say
Real customer reviews from our Google Business Profile, quoted word for word. Harlan Austin, named in some reviews, is one of the company's three partners.
Harlan was exceptionally thorough in assessing our project needs and advising impartially on the best path forward. Would highly recommend.
Great experience all around! High quality work, great communication, detail-oriented, kind. Would hire again in a heartbeat.
Harlan is not only a trustworthy, hard-working, and knowledgeable electrician, but an upstanding business man and all around good man. Highly recommend working with Harlan and Prime Time!
Three steps to a finished job
Tell us what you need
Call 612-445-2794 or send the short form. Quotes are free.
Get a written scope and price
We look at the job and put the scope and price in writing before any work starts.
We do the work and get it inspected
We pull the permit, do the work, and the inspector signs off.
Common questions
Can I just add a subpanel instead?
How long does a panel replacement take?
Do I need to upgrade the service too?
Why does an older panel matter if nothing is tripping?
Want the details first? Read our guides: 100 Amp vs 200 Amp Service: Does Your Minnesota Home Need More?, When to Replace an Electrical Panel: Warning Signs in Older Homes and Electrical Grounding vs. Bonding: What Is the Difference?.
More about panel upgrades and replacements
A panel replacement removes your existing breaker box or fuse panel and installs a new one, reconnecting every circuit to a properly rated breaker. It is a different job from a service upgrade, because the panel can often be replaced without changing the meter or the wires from the utility.
Many Minnesota homes built before the 1980s still have fuse boxes, small 60A panels, or panels that were added to over the decades until there is no room left. Some older panel designs also have known reliability problems with breakers that fail to trip or connections that loosen over time. We identify what you have and tell you plainly whether replacement is warranted.
A new panel also lets us add modern protection where it belongs, such as AFCI and GFCI breakers for circuits that call for them, and leave open spaces for future circuits. The work is permitted and inspected, and it ends with a panel directory you can actually read.
When you need it
- You still have a fuse panel, or a panel where breakers are doubled up to squeeze in more circuits.
- There is no room for new breakers and you are adding a circuit for a range, dryer, EV charger or workshop.
- You see rust, scorch marks, melted insulation or moisture inside the panel, which is common in damp basements.
- Breakers feel hot, buzz, trip with no clear cause, or will not stay reset.
- A home inspector or insurer has flagged the panel brand or condition as a concern.
- The panel directory is missing, wrong or unreadable, and nobody knows what controls what.
- You are renovating and want current arc-fault and ground-fault protection on the affected circuits.
What’s included, in detail
We inspect the existing panel, wiring condition and available capacity before recommending anything.
A properly rated panel with breakers matched to each circuit's wire size and load.
Every circuit is identified and labeled so the directory reflects what is actually installed.
AFCI, GFCI or dual-function breakers where the rules for that circuit call for them.
Overcrowded, damaged or undersized connections found in the panel are corrected as part of the work, along with any missing grounding and bonding at the panel.
We pull the permit and have the work inspected by DLI or your local jurisdiction.
We leave open breaker spaces where the panel allows, so the next circuit does not require another upgrade.
Our process
- Inspect
We open the panel, review the condition of the wiring and note what each circuit serves.
- Quote and permit
You get a written scope, and we file for the permit before work begins.
- Swap the panel
Power is off for the changeover, the new panel is installed and each circuit is reconnected and labeled.
- Inspection and walkthrough
The inspector signs off, power is restored, and we show you where everything is.
More questions
Will I lose power to the whole house?
Guides
Often done together
Panel upgrades and replacements work often goes together with electrical service upgrades; GFCI and AFCI protection; and grounding and bonding. We can quote them together.
Ready for your free panel upgrade quote?
Call or send the short form. You get a written scope and price before any work starts.