Plantation is home for Chanay Electric. Our shop is off SW 2nd St, so when you call from Jacaranda, Plantation Acres or a street near Broward Boulevard, you are calling a neighbor, not a dispatch center two counties away. We are licensed, bonded and insured, and we handle homes and small businesses all over town.
Most of our Plantation work is the everyday stuff that keeps a house running: a breaker that keeps tripping, an outlet that went dead, a panel that has seen better days. We also do bigger projects, from panel upgrades to full rewiring in older homes. Being local means short drive times and a crew that already knows how houses here were built.
Here is what Plantation homeowners and business owners say after we finish a job.
These are the services we handle most often for homes and businesses in Plantation.
A lot of Plantation streets sit under big, old shade trees. That is great for the electric bill and hard on wiring. Branches rub service drops, roots and irrigation crews nick buried lines, and moisture works into outdoor boxes. When lights flicker or a circuit quits, we trace it back to the actual cause instead of just resetting the breaker and leaving.
Plenty of homes on the east side of Plantation went up in the 1960s and 1970s with panels sized for a much smaller load. Add central air, a pool pump, a bigger kitchen and a car charger, and that old panel runs hot. We check what you have, size a new panel to how you actually live, and handle the permit with the city.
We install ceiling fans, recessed and landscape lighting, new circuits for kitchens and laundry rooms, and EV chargers for the growing number of Plantation drivers going electric. Every install gets the right wire size, a proper breaker and clean work in the attic and walls, so it looks finished and passes inspection the first time.
If your Plantation home still has original wiring, you may see warm switch plates, two prong outlets, or rooms that share one overloaded circuit. Rewiring does not have to mean tearing the house apart. We plan the runs room by room, keep drywall cuts small, and leave you with grounded, properly sized circuits that meet current code.
Summer afternoons in Plantation bring lightning almost daily, and utility switching adds its own spikes. A whole house surge protector at the panel takes the first hit before it reaches your AC board, fridge, TVs and pool equipment. It is a small install with a big payoff, and we pair it with point of use protection where it matters.
Since we are based in Plantation, getting to you is usually quick. We work Monday through Saturday, 8am to 5pm. Not sure what you need yet? Tell us what you are seeing and we will help you figure out the next step.
If something is sparking, smells hot or lost power, call and ask about our emergency electrician availability. For everything else, send us a message or call Chanay Electric at (754) 799-4371.
Plantation is an older Broward city than many of its western neighbors, and it shows in the wiring. East of University Drive you find a lot of ranch homes from the 1950s through the 1970s. Many have been remodeled cosmetically while the panel and branch circuits stayed original. Those are the houses where we find undersized service, ungrounded outlets and additions tied into whatever circuit was closest.
Further west, Plantation Acres has bigger lots, long driveways, detached garages and gates. Those properties need longer wire runs, outdoor rated equipment and lighting that actually reaches the back of the lot. Closer to the Fashion Mall and Midtown, you get condos, townhomes and offices with their own set of needs, like shared meter rooms and association rules about who touches what. Older Plantation neighborhoods also tend to have mature landscaping, wood fences and pool decks that were added long after the house was built, so outdoor circuits get stretched. We regularly find patio outlets without weather covers and landscape lighting tied into indoor circuits. Small fixes like these prevent a lot of tripped breakers and wet connections.
Then there is the weather. Hurricane season runs June through November, and summer storms roll through most afternoons. Wind drops limbs on service lines, lightning finds its way into appliances, and power returning after an outage can surge. A safe panel, good grounding and surge protection matter more here than in a lot of places. Because Plantation is home, these are the jobs we know best. Areas we cover every week include:
We are based in Plantation, FL, at 10161 SW 2nd St. That puts us in the middle of Broward County, so we can reach most of Plantation quickly and also cover nearby cities like Davie, Sunrise and Weston. We take selected jobs in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade as well.
Yes. Replacing or upgrading a service panel requires a permit and an inspection through the city's building department. We pull the permit, do the work to code and meet the inspector, so you do not have to manage that process yourself. Skipping the permit can cause trouble with insurance and when you sell.
We work Monday through Saturday, 8am to 5pm, and we are closed on Sunday. If you have a problem that cannot wait, like a burning smell or a dead circuit feeding something important, call us at (754) 799-4371 and ask. We will tell you honestly how soon we can get there.
Two prong outlets usually mean the circuit has no ground wire. That leaves you without protection for computers, TVs and anything with a three prong plug, and adapters do not fix it. Options range from adding GFCI protection to running new grounded circuits. We look at the wiring first and explain what makes sense for your house.
Yes. We install Level 2 chargers in garages and driveways. First we check whether your panel has room for a dedicated 240 volt circuit. If it does, the install is straightforward. If it does not, we talk through a panel upgrade or a load management option before anything gets mounted on the wall.
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