Boston electricians, answering 24/7
Electrical repairs, panels and rewiring for Boston homes
Lights flickering, a breaker that keeps tripping, or a panel with no room left for the heat pump? Call any hour. We tell you what is safe to do now, then send an electrician to find the fault and fix it.
A person answers, day or night
How power reaches your outlets
Tap any point on the line to see what usually goes wrong there.
Fuse boxes, recalled panels and 100 amp services that cannot take one more appliance. Most upgrades start with a load calculation, not a sales pitch.
Electrical panel upgradeStart here
What happens when you call an electrician at night
Straight answer
A Boston electrical problem that cannot wait, like a dead circuit, a sparking outlet or a panel that smells hot, starts with one call: we ask what you see, tell you which breaker to switch off, and send an electrician who tests the circuit and fixes the fault rather than guessing.
Something is sparking or hot
Emergency electrician, any hour, for burning smells, scorched outlets and partial power loss.
Emergency serviceThe panel is out of room
Panel and service upgrades for the heat pump, the induction range or the car in the driveway.
Panel upgradesThe wiring is older than you are
Knob and tube, cloth-covered cable and fuse boxes, replaced in stages if that suits the house.
Old wiringWe install and service equipment from Square D, Siemens, Eaton, Leviton, Lutron and Generac, among others.
Electrical services
Every kind of electrical job, grouped the way you would look for it
48 services in six groups. Pick the group closest to your problem and the right page is one tap away.
Repairs & Safety
Dead circuits, sparking outlets, breakers that will not reset and the write-ups a home inspector leaves behind.
Panels & Service
The equipment everything else depends on: panels, fuse boxes, subpanels and surge protection, usually Square D, Siemens or Eaton gear.
Wiring & Remodels
Rewiring old houses, removing knob and tube, and wiring the kitchens, baths, basements and additions people are renovating.
Lighting
Recessed lights in plaster ceilings, fixtures and fans on boxes rated to hold them, under-cabinet strips and outdoor lighting.
EV & Home Energy
EV chargers, heat pump circuits, Generac and Kohler standby generators, inlets and battery backup.
Buildings & Commercial
Triple-deckers, condos, intercoms, shops, restaurants and office fit-outs.
Local wiring
What Boston houses teach an electrician
Massachusetts has a larger share of pre-1940 houses than most states, and Boston sits right in the middle of that. Triple-deckers in Dorchester, South Boston and Roslindale and brick rowhouses in the Back Bay were wired for a few lights and a radio. Today the same walls carry heat pumps, induction ranges and car chargers.
That gap is where most of our work comes from. A two-prong outlet behind the couch, a fuse box in the cellar, a panel with three breakers sharing one slot. At WireUp Electrical Services we see these houses every week, so we know where old runs usually hide.
How a call goes
From the first ring to a labeled panel
You call, a person answers
We ask what you see and whether anything is hot, sparking or wet.
Safe for tonight
If it is urgent we talk you through which breaker to switch off before anyone arrives.
Find the actual fault
The electrician tests the circuit and panel instead of guessing.
Options and a price
You hear what failed, the fix and the cost before work starts.
Fix, test, label
We repair, retest under load, update the panel directory and clean up the work area.
Warning signs
Signs a circuit needs an electrician soon
None of these fix themselves. Some can wait for a weekday visit, and a hot outlet or burning smell cannot.
Lights dim when something starts
A circuit or the whole service is near its limit, or a connection is loose.
Warm or discolored outlet plates
Heat at a device means resistance at a connection. Stop using it.
Breakers that trip again and again
The breaker is doing its job. The question is whether the load, the wire or the breaker is the problem.
A burning or fishy smell
Overheating plastic often smells fishy before it smells like smoke. Switch off the circuit and call.
Buzzing at a switch or panel
Arcing or a failing device makes noise long before it fails outright.
Two-prong outlets everywhere
Ungrounded circuits can be made safer with GFCI protection or new grounded runs.
Greater Boston
Where our electricians work
From the Boston neighborhoods out to the North Shore, where our Danvers office sits. See the full coverage page.
Boston neighborhoods
Older wood-frame and brick housing, a lot of it built before anyone imagined a heat pump in the attic.
North and west of the city
Cambridge, Somerville and the Middlesex towns, from triple-deckers to post-war capes.
South Shore and Revere
Quincy, Brookline and Revere, including coastal streets where storm surge and flooded basements matter.
How we work
What you can expect in your house
Plaster walls handled with care
Old plaster cracks if you rush it, so we fish wires through existing paths.
Permits filed, inspections booked
Work that needs a permit gets one, and we meet the inspector so you do not have to.
A panel directory you can read
Every circuit we touch is labeled in plain words, so the next tripped breaker takes seconds to find.
Choices explained, not pushed
When a repair and an upgrade both work, you hear the trade-offs of each and decide.
Not sure if it is urgent? Describe it and we will tell you honestly.
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Guides written for Boston homeowners
Plain answers on panels, old wiring, chargers and outages. All electrical guides.
FAQ
Questions people ask before they call
Yes. The phone is answered 24 hours a day, every day. For a true emergency, like sparking, a burning smell or water near a panel, we tell you what to switch off while the electrician is on the way.
Not automatically. We start with a load calculation on your actual service. Some houses have room, some need load management or a smart panel, and some do need a service upgrade. You get the reasoning, not just a verdict.
It depends on how much is still live and what is planned for the house. Insulation work is usually held up until live knob and tube is dealt with, so many owners replace the attic and wall runs first and finish the rest in stages.
We file the permit on work that needs one and schedule the inspection. In Boston that runs through the city electrical permit process, and the surrounding towns have their own wiring inspectors.
Boston and its neighborhoods, the cities around it from Quincy to Woburn, and the North Shore up to Danvers, where our office is.
Simple jobs can usually get a range once we know the details. Panels, rewiring and new circuits get priced after an electrician sees the house, because old walls hide things.
Day or night
Something electrical not right? Call the line that is answered.
Tell us what is happening and where. We will ask a few questions, tell you what is safe to do until we arrive, and get an electrician scheduled.
Reach us
Phone, hours and where we work
- Phone
- (617) 843-6591
- Hours
- Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Office
- Danvers, MA
- Coverage
- Serving Boston, MA and surrounding areas. See the Greater Boston coverage page
Boston and the towns around it, from Quincy up to the North Shore. The map loads only when you ask for it.